Local Solutions: Northeast Climate Change Preparedness Conference

Convened by Antioch University New England, in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency May 19-21, 2014 • Manchester, New Hampshire

United States Environmental Protection Agency 40 Avon Street Keene, New Hampshire 800.552.8380 www.antiochne.edu Table of Contents

Local Solutions (Days 1&2) Educators Summit (Day 3) 6 Agenda: Day 1 30 Agenda: Day 3 7 Agenda: Day 2 32 Sessions & Workshops, Day 3 8 Sessions & Workshops, Days 1&2 34 Keynote Speakers 14 Poster Presentations 34 Sessions Speakers 16 Keynote Speakers 18 Plenary Speakers 20 Workshops & Sessions Speakers

Key for Exhibit Hall EXHIBITORS, DAYS 1 & 2 Antioch University 13 ASAP 3 Burns & McDonnell 17 Catalysis Adaptation Partners, LLC 22 Climate Solutions New England/ Sustainability Institute @ UNH 6 EcoAdapt 5 7 8 19 BAR 20 26 EnviroTote 24 EPA 1 13 30 Geosyntec 9 GZA 21 IBM Global University Programs 23 Liberty Utilities 8 6 Mass Audubon 22 Middlebury School of the Environment 26 21 5 9 18 Mom’s Clean Air Force 14 Mr. Fox Composting 15 Posters Exhibits Posters New Hampshire Department of 4 10 17 2822 Environmental Services 10 Breaks NOAA 11 & 12 Normandeau Associates 19 3 11 16 2723 NRRA 16 NYS Office of Parks, Recreation, & 12 26 Historic Programs 25 2 15 24 Syntectic International, LLC 2 Tighe & Bond 7 13 14 25 USDA Forest Service 4 1 VHB 18 Wright-Pierce Engineering Firm 20 EXHIBITORS, DAY 3 Antioch University New England Hurricane Island Foundation Kroka Expeditions Lesley University Middlebury School of the Environment

2 Sponsors Local Solutions Conference Steering Committee Abigail Abrash Walton, Antioch University New England Platinum David Blockstein, National Council for Science and the Antioch University Center for Academic Innovation Environment Bay and Paul Foundations John Bolduc, City of Cambridge, MA Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. Sherry Godlewski, NH Dept. of Environmental Services Alex Jaccaci, Hypertherm Gold Paul Kirshen, University of New Hampshire Marc and Leana Katz Julie LaBranche, Rockingham Planning Commission Northeast Resource Recovery Association Rhett Lamb, City of Keene, NH Colin Lawson, Trout Unlimited Silver Mark Lowery, NY Dept. of Environmental Conservation American Society of Adaptation Professionals Adam Markham, Union of Concerned Scientists Climate Solutions New England/Sustainability Institute Sam Merrill, Catalysis Adaptation Partners, LLC @ UNH Steve Miller, Great Bay NERR EcoAdapt Irene Nielson, US EPA Region 2 Geosyntec Consultants Jennifer Pagach, Connecticut College and CT DEEP GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. Ron Poltak, NEIWPCC Lisa Rector, NESCAUM National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Robert Roseen, Geosyntec Consultants Normandeau Associates Ed Saltzberg, Security and Sustainability Forum Syntectic International, LLC Amy Seidl, University of Vermont Conference Bags Michael Simpson, Antioch University New England EcoTote Latham Stack, Syntectic International Roger Stephenson, Stephenson Strategic Communications Laura Tolkoff, Regional Plan Association Cameron Wake, University of New Hampshire Friends & Antioch Alumni Sponsors Adam Whelchel, The Nature Conservancy Norman Willard, US EPA Region 1 Andrew Bemis Peter Engel Educators Summit Lisa Ferrisi Steering Committee Dr. Richard Greenwald Lachlan Francis, Vermont State Board of Education Stan Freeda, NH Department of Education Michael Simpson Susan Jane Gentile, U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Jennifer Weymouth Development Board Jimmy Karlan, Antioch University New England Travel Grant Sponsors Tom Keller, The Reach Center Bay and Paul Foundations Ruth Kermish-Allen,­ Island Institute Community Foundation of New Jersey Bill McKibben, Co-founder, 350.org Michael Mueller, University of Alaska, Anchorage High Meadows Fund Gary Partenheimer, Northfield Mount Hermon School New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Eric Rhomberg, Compass School New Hampshire Health Trust Tania Schusler, Loyola University Chicago Institute of Vermont League of Cities and Towns Environmental Sustainability David Sobel, Antioch University New England Laura Thomas, Antioch University Center for School Renewal John Ungerleider, School of International Training

Local Solutions: Northeast Climate Change Preparedness Conference 3 Radisson Hotel Manchester

REGISTRATION

MEALS KEYNOTES PLENARY

EXHIBIT HALL & COCKTAIL HOUR

PIERCE DAY 2

STARK DAY 1

4 Mezzanine

COOLIDGE (AUNE HQ)

Coolidge* REGISTRATION Lobby Lounge MEALS KEYNOTES PLENARY

DARTMOUTH FROST/ HAWTHORNE

CURRIERS

EXHIBIT HALL & COCKTAIL PIERCE

HOUR H a l e DAY 2

STARK S t a r k

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Local Solutions: Northeast Climate Change Preparedness Conference 5 LOCAL SOLUTIONS: Northeast Climate Change Preparedness Conference Agenda: Day 1 Monday, May 19, 2014

7:30-8:30 a.m. Registration, Continental Breakfast and Informal Networking Exhibit Hall and Poster Presentations Open

8:30-11:30 a.m. Workshop 1 Workshop 2 * Workshop 3 and 8:30 a.m- noon * Reducing Community How can psychology Coffee and Conversation Vulnerability Through support behavior change with American Society of Ecological Design (W1) toward climate mitigation and Adaptation Professionals (W3) Frost/Hawthorne adaptation? (W2) Curriers Dartmouth

12-1:15 p.m. Welcome Lunch Opening Remarks and State of the Science

Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Planning and Process Practical Skills: Practical Skills: Community Natural Environment Built Environment Engagement and Communication

Sessions (T1A – T4B) 1:30-3 p.m. Facing Tomorrow’s Adapting to Nature in Transitioning to the Cultivating Leadership: Challenges: the New Normal New Built Environment Building Social Capital What’s the Plan? (T1A) (T2A) (T3A) in Your Community Frost/Hawthorne Stark Curriers (T4A) Dartmouth

3-3:15 p.m. Break

3:15-4:45 p.m. Risky Business: Crossing that Bridge: Buildings in Harm’s Collaborating for How to Asses Our How Culverts Pass and Way (T3B) Resilience: Reaching the Risk? (T1B) Fail (T2B) Stark Most Vulnerable Curriers Dartmouth Populations (T4B) Frost/Hawthorne 5-6 p.m. Cocktails and Networking

6-8:15 p.m. Keynote Dinner An Evening Conversation

6 LOCAL SOLUTIONS: Northeast Climate Change Preparedness Conference Agenda: Day 2 Tuesday, May 20, 2014

7:30-8:30 a.m. Registration, Continental Breakfast and Informal Networking Exhibit Hall and Poster Presentations Open

Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Planning and Process Practical Skills: Practical Skills: Community Natural Environment Built Environment Engagement and Communication

Sessions (T1C – T4E) 8:30-10 a.m. Moving Towards Responding to the Where Do We Put Reaching Beyond the Resiliency: Adapting Surge: Coastal Buffers the Water (T3C) Usual Suspects (T4C) Our Plans (T1C) (T2C) Frost/Hawthorne Dartmouth Curriers Pierce

10-10:15 a.m. Break

10:15-11:45 a.m. “You have the right to…” Adaptive Regeneration: Maintaining Vital Links: Getting the Message Out Understanding the Why Resilient Forests Transitioning our Aging (T4D) Legalities of Climate Matter (T2D) Transportation Frost/Hawthorne Change (T1D) Pierce Infrastructure (T3D) Curriers Dartmouth

12-2 p.m. Lunch and Plenary Taking the Long View: How Regional-Scale Planning Will Inform and Assist Local Efforts

2:15-3:45 p.m. From Plan to Practice: Maintaining Turning up the Heat on Motivating Community What Does Resiliency Northeastern Wildlife Communities’ Energy Behavior (T4E) Implementation Really and Recreation Security (T3E) Frost/Hawthorne Look Like? (T1E) Opportunities (T2E) Pierce Curriers Dartmouth

3:45-4 p.m. Break

4-5 p.m. Closing Plenary Covering the Costs: How Do We Pay For It All?

Local Solutions: Northeast Climate Change Preparedness Conference 7 Sessions & Workshop Decriptions

Monday-Tuesday, May 19-20

MONDAY, MAY 19 • 8:30-11:30 AM MONDAY, MAY 19 • 8:30 AM-NOON WORKSHOP 1 WORKSHOP 3 Reducing Community Vulnerability Through Coffee and Conversation with American Society of Adaptation Professionals (W3) Ecological Design (W1) Are you looking for innovative ways to build resiliency in your The American Society of Adaptation Professionals (www.adaptation- community or region? Are you planning for future food, energy, professionals.org), is the only professional society in America focused economic and ecological needs within your community or region on climate change adaptation and resilience. ASAP is hosting its first in order to address climate mitigation and adaptation? Have you Northeast U.S. regional networking meet-up in conjunction with the considered how current municipal plans and regulations may be in Antioch/EPA Local Solutions conference. So, don’t miss this opportu- conflict with creating a sustainable, resilient community? Join Steve nity to connect with other ASAP members, network, and share infor- Whitman, AICP, for an informative and interactive workshop on build- mation on promising practices from your work on adaptation. Not a ing resilient communities that reduce vulnerabilities to recent and fu- member yet? No problem. Stop by, chat with members, get the scoop, ture severe weather events. This workshop will include: share your experiences, and help build resilience across the region. Facilitator: Debra Perry, Senior Program Officer, Institute for Sus- • A framework for working toward ecological solutions for tainable Communities and American Society of Adaptation Professionals your community or region; • Tools to identify barriers to more resilient climate mitigation MONDAY, MAY 19 • NOON-1:15 PM and adaptation solutions; • Opportunities to create more resilient solutions that are LUNCH and OPENING REMARKS grounded in the culture and geography of your community Welcome to the Conference or region; and Stephen B. Jones, President, Antioch University New England • A range of case study examples. Welcome to the State Facilitator: Steve Whitman, AICP, Planning Consultant and Maggie Hassan, Governor of New Hampshire Educator, Resilience Planning and Design LLC Our Changing Climate in the Northeast: WORKSHOP 2 State of the Science How Can Psychology Support Behavior Change Cameron Wake, Climatologist, University of New Hampshire Toward Climate Mitigation and Adaptation? (W2) In this opening plenary event, Cameron Wake, Research Associate Ecological problems are the result of millions of daily decisions, Professor of Climatology and Glaciology, and Josephine A. Lamprey some large (e.g. should I insulate my house?) and some small (e.g. Fellow in Climate and Sustainability at University of New Hampshire’s should I turn on the AC today?) When people make these decisions, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, will review pro- they are rarely driven by their concern about the environment or jected impacts to the Northeast U.S. based on the latest science of their desire to live sustainably; their actions are largely determined our changing climate. You will also learn about how, as director of by situational circumstances that they may not even be conscious of. Climate Solutions New England, Cameron and the organization’s partners are collaborating to secure healthy, prosperous, and sustain- How can we create the circumstances that encourage and support able communities through building energy self-reliance and weather resource-conserving behavior? I am one of a small but growing group resilience. This framing of climate science will give attendees a solid of psychologists tackling this question. Our research offers insight into foundation for participating in conference sessions that get straight to the factors that nudge people toward less wasteful and more ecolog- the point on implementing practical planning, design, and communica- ically balanced lives. In addition, the research explores how and why tions to address impacts. people join together to work toward larger-scale, sustainable change. In this workshop and discussion, I will talk about some of these factors, MONDAY, MAY 19 • 1:30-3 PM for example social norms, tangible feedback, social identity, sense of competence, sense of efficacy, and finding a balance between com- TRACK: Planning and Process municating urgency and a positive vision. We’ll discuss how we can Facing Tomorrow’s Challenges: What’s the Plan? (T1A) apply these findings in communication campaigns as well as behavior change efforts, and in every part of our lives: in our everyday personal The focus of this opening session is to provide you with the over- decisions, at work, in our communities, and in our efforts toward larg- view of planning for resiliency and adaptation at different scales. er-scale global change. The session will consider the various stakeholders, implementation Facilitator: Dr. Christie Manning, Professor of Psychology, mechanisms, financial constraints, and the legalities which all sur- Macalester College

8 round planning for climate change adaptation. After this session, you Session Leader: should feel comfortable knowing what next steps you need to take to Michael Simpson, Core Faculty and Chair, Department of Environmental integrate resiliency recommendations and projects into your Studies, Antioch University New England, and Director of the Center for community’s planning and policy. Climate Preparedness and Community Resilience Session Leader: Session Speakers/Panelists: Julie LaBranche, Senior Planner, Rockingham Planning Commission Rhett Lamb, Planning Director, City of Keene, NH Session Speakers/Panelists: Cliff Sinnot, Executive Director, Rockingham Planning Commission Peter Britz, Environmental Planner/Sustainability Coordinator, Alex Wilson, Founder, BuildingGreen Inc. and Resilient Design Institute City of Portsmouth, NH Kristin Baja, Climate and Resilience Planner, Office of Sustainability, TRACK: Community Engagement and City of Baltimore, MD Communication (T4A) Bill Patenaude, Principal Engineer, Rhode Island Department of Cultivating Leadership: Building Social Capital Environmental Management In Your Community TRACK: Natural Environment Adaptation to climate change in a participatory democracy requires far more than informing the public of proposed approaches but should Adapting to Nature in the New Normal (T2A) seek to engage their knowledge, talents, and values as well as their Preservation and restoration have been touchstones of natural re- support for planning and implementing actions. This initial session will source conservation for decades. However, climate change is forcing frame and share examples of how to raise awareness, which is fol- habitat shifts for dozens of species. This framing session will set the lowed by successful approaches to convening and engaging stakehold- stage and open dialogue for the future of natural resource conserva- ers and community members. After this overview session, you will tion and management. We will look at tools for managers and deci- have been introduced to the specific steps for adaptive leadership and sion-makers that facilitate identifying key future conservation habitat, planning in a changing environment that depends on effective commu- structured decision making for optimizing time, money, and resources, nity capacity building to take policy and translate it to actions. and how small conservation groups network together to share infor- Session Speakers/Panelists: mation and methods that work. James Gruber, Core Faculty, Department of Environmental Studies, Session Leader: Antioch University New England Erin Rodgers, Project Manager, Trout Unlimited, and Researcher at Paul Markowitz, Community Energy Program Manager, Efficiency Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center (USGS) Vermont Session Speakers/Panelists: Dr. Evan Grant, Wildlife Biologist, Conte Anadromous Fish Research MONDAY, MAY 19 • 3:15-4:45 PM Center, Patuxtent Wildlife Research Center/USGS TRACK: Planning and Process Dr. Hector Galbraith, Senior Scientist, National Wildlife Federation Risky Business: How to Assess Our Risk (T1B) Jill Weiss, Adjunct, School of Science and Social Science, Keene State College and PhD Candidate, Antioch University New England This session will provide you with practical competencies needed to understand, carry out, produce, and analyze risk though such assess- TRACK: The Built Environment ments. Different tools and strategies will be presented, demonstrated, and discussed. After this session, you should feel confident about next Transitioning to the New Built Environment (T3A) steps for your community to find the external resources to support This initial session on the built environment provides an overview for such assessments and how to develop viable action-steps to meet the issues that must be addressed to prepare our built environment your overall stated goals. in light of changing landscape in the context of a changing climate. Session Leader: Focus will be on how to best transition to more resilient buildings, Ed Saltzberg, PhD, Managing Director, The Security and Sustainability conveyance and distribution systems, as well as how to preserve and Forum implement what has already been identified as important to mitigating Session Speakers/Panelists: future impacts to our communities. Discussion with participants will include the multiple scales of governance to be considered when af- Sherry Godlewski, Environmental Program Manager, NH Department fecting change at the local level. Such decisions about transitioning will of Environmental Services be addressed in the context of the lifetime infrastructure. In addition, Chris Keeley, Communities and Climate Program Coordinator, NH attendees will learn how incremental marginal cost and damage avoid- Sea Grant and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension ed cost impacts are associated with taking a precautionary approach. Dr. Samuel Merrill, President and Founder, Catalysis Adaptation Participants will leave this session with an expanded understanding of Partners, LLC a common framework for envisioning the future. This objective nec- essarily incorporates preparedness into community plans and future economic development, not only to minimize future vulnerabilities, but to create a new built environment that is vibrant.

Local Solutions: Northeast Climate Change Preparedness Conference 9 Sessions & Workshop Decriptions

Monday-Tuesday, May 19-20

TRACK: Natural Environment gagement with all community members, especially those that are likely to be most impacted? This workshop will cover: Crossing the Bridge: How Culverts Pass and Fail (T2B) • Concrete community engagement and climate change Inland streams and rivers have been subjected to increasingly dan- preparedness success stories; gerous flow and flooding due to more frequent and intense climate • What approaches to engagement are effective in reaching induced storm cycles. Because development has historically been vulnerable and/or marginalized populations; and concentrated along rivers and lakeshores, many municipalities in our region must plan for increased storm flow, which carries impacts of • How municipal decision makers and staff can work effectively increased bank erosion, siltation, degrading water quality and loss of with community-based organizations. native fisheries. Participants will learn the ways properly sized culverts Session Leader: and bridges improve fish passage and stream hydrology, as well as Abigail Abrash Walton, Planning Board Chair, City Keene, NH what makes culverts (and the roads over them) fail. Session Speakers/Panelists: Session Leader: David M. Kutner, PP, AICP, Recovery Planning Manager, New Jersey Colin Lawson, New England Culvert Project Coordinator, Trout Unlimited Future Session Speakers/Panelists: Lee Matsueda, Political Director, Alternatives for Community and John Field, Fluvial Geomorphologist, Field Geology Services Environment John Magee, Fish Habitat Biologist, NH Fish and Game Department Ginny McGinn, Executive Director, Center for Whole Communities Gabe Bolin, PE, Eastern Stream Restoration Specialist, Trout Unlimited Sarika Tandon, Senior Program Associate, Center for Whole Communities Veda Truesdale, Senior Research Specialist, Rutgers University TRACK: The Built Environment MONDAY, MAY 19 • 5-6 PM Buildings in Harm’s Way (T3B) This session provides best practices for decision-making about struc- Cocktails and Networking tures at risk, from identifying those risks to considering responses that may fall outside a community’s experience and comfort zone—but MONDAY, MAY 19 • 6-7:30 PM within the growing reality of climate change. Traditional ‘smart growth’ topics and best construction practices to expand buildings’ resilience, Dinner and An Evening Conversation will be interwoven with cutting edge practitioners’ recommendations with Keynote Speakers: about design for preparedness that should be incorporated into com- Bob Perciasepe, Deputy Administrator, U.S. EPA munity and regional planning, overlay districts and building codes. Par- ticipants will leave this session with greater clarity about what resourc- Bina Venkataraman, Senior Advisor on Climate Change es and tools can be utilized to support vulnerability assessments as Innovation, Executive Office of the President of the United States well as structural designs that foster resilience through assimilating or Denice Ross, Director of Enterprise Information, City of New Orleans accommodating projected impacts. This will be complemented with knowledge of the ramifications of constructing barriers to assure pre- TUESDAY, MAY 20 • 8:30-10 AM paredness, as opposed to ultimately evaluating the efficacy of retreat from those ever increasing vulnerable areas. TRACK: Planning and Process Session Leader: Moving Towards Resiliency: Adapting Our Plans (T1C) John Bolduc, Environmental Planner, City of Cambridge (MA) This session will discuss how communities can effectively plan for Session Speakers/Panelists: adaptation and response/recovery in the long term. Case studies of Julia Knisel, Coastal Shoreline and Floodplain Manager, MA Office of resilient communities will be utilized to demonstrate effective plan- Coastal Zone Management ning and financial strategies. After completing this session participants Rawlings Miller, PhD, Technical Specialist, ICF International should feel more comfortable in pursuing a systems approach to make their communities both more adaptive and resilient, while considering Dr. Sarah Slaughter, President and Founder, Built Environment Coalition how such plans might impact neighboring communities and the sus- TRACK: Community Engagement and tainability of the greater region. Session Leader: Communication John Miller, PE, CFM, CSM, Water Resources Engineer, Princeton Collaborating for Resilience: Reaching the Most Hydro, LLC Vulnerable Populations (T4B) Session Speakers/Panelists: The challenging impacts of climate change disproportionately affect David Berg, AICP, LEED AP, Associate, Cameron Engineering and those with the least resources to prepare, sustain and recover. How Associates, LLP do municipal decision makers and civic leaders promote effective en- Adam Whelchel, PhD, Director of Science, The Nature Conservancy

10 TRACK: Natural Environment TRACK: Community Engagement and Responding to the Surge: Coastal Buffers (T2C) Communication Climate change impacts will affect both land-based and coastal re- Reaching Beyond the ‘Usual Suspects’: How to sources along our coastlines. Municipal decision-makers must consider Bring People to the Table (T4C) sea level rise, and storm surge from tropical storms and hurricanes. In- Getting stakeholders to meetings has been a constant struggle for land storms also deliver fresh water flooding through coastal commu- community leaders. This session will address how we can we cre- nities. Since our coastlines are more developed, with a higher density ate venues and opportunities where community members feel em- of people per square mile, this session will look to the ramifications powered and part of the solution. A leading question for participants of a degradation, or disappearance of, the natural resources upon to understand is whether having a face-to-face meeting is the right which a significant percentage of their populations’ livelihoods depend. thing to do based on your objectives. If not, what are other innovative Participants will learn how to plan for and react to these combined methods of collecting public input? Participants will leave this session risks, targeting best practices to protect municipal infrastructure and with an understanding of how to best frame objectives in the context mitigate coastal erosion, loss of fisheries, and other natural coastal of building community support; as well as, considering the effective services. use of digital technology in concert with other approaches to public Session Leaders: engagement. Sherry Godlewski, Environmental Program Manager, NH Department Session Leader: of Environmental Services Christa Daniels, AICP, Faculty and Doctoral Fellow, Antioch University Steve Miller, Coastal Training Program Coordinator, Great Bay National New England Estuarine Research Reserve Session Speakers/Panelists: Session Speakers/Panelists: Melanie Army, Supervising Planner, Rhode Island Division of Planning Lisa Auermuller, Watershed Coordinator, Institute of Marine and Angela Vincent, Sustainability Project Manager, Vanasse Hangen Coastal Sciences (Jacques Cousteau Reserve), Rutgers University Brustlin, Inc. Emilie Hauser, NEIWPCC Environmental Analyst, NY Dept. of Environmental Conservation and Estuary Training Program Coordinator, TUESDAY, MAY 20 • 10:15-11:45 PM Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve TRACK: Planning and Process Jennifer West, Coastal Training Program Coordinator, Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve “You Have the Right To…”: Understanding the Legalities of Climate Change (T1D) TRACK: The Built Environment This session will focus on common legal themes and questions related Where Do We Put the Water? (T3C) to aspects of climate change and liability. We will use recent examples This session addresses assessment, planning, and adaptation to not of case law to provide participants with an understanding of some of only better prepare for the next emergency, but to sustainably man- the legal issues, which may be associated with building more resilient age flooding, stormwater, and water supply to maintain human health communities. By the close of this session participants should feel more and a vibrant local economy. Participants will leave this session with comfortable with risk communication and have a greater understand- knowledge about the latest innovative approaches to understand the ing of the types of questions to ask legal professionals related to their effects of storm surge and inland flooding and apply low-impact de- resiliency planning and implementation. velopment (LID), site design, and smart growth practices at different Session Leader: scales of implementation. There will be reference to pioneering hy- Julie LaBranche, Senior Planner, Rockingham Planning Commission drology-based, sub-watershed approaches that have shown mitiga- Session Speakers/Panelists: tion potential not only for storm water and flooding, but to the loss Peg Elmer, AICP, Principal, Community-Resilience.org and degradation in quality of water supplies. This will be supplement- Daniel Slone, Partner, McGuire Woods LLP and Resilient Design Institute ed with real-world project costs showing how these green strategies compare to traditional gray infrastructure. TRACK: Natural Environment Session Leader: Dr. Robert Roseen, Associate, Geosyntec Consultants Adaptive Regeneration: Why Resilient Forests Matter (T2D) Session Speakers/Panelists: Dr. Paul Kirshen, Research Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Forests–our most dominant ecosystem type–have long been eco- University of New Hampshire nomic engines for this region. As storm and temperature patterns Kathleen Baskin, Director of Water Policy, Massachusetts Executive change, forests are more susceptible to shifting species compositions, Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs infestation by invasive plants, insects, and diseases, and reduced habitat quality for woodland fauna. Participants will discuss how to Dr. Samuel Merrill, President and Founder, Catalysis Adaptation prepare for economic and ecological challenges in the context of Partners LLC ongoing habitat loss and fragmentation, and how a community should consider their changing natural landscape due to the continuing shifts in forest types northwards.

Local Solutions: Northeast Climate Change Preparedness Conference 11 Sessions & Workshop Decriptions

Monday-Tuesday, May 19-20

Session Leader: munities about climate impacts. This session will build participants’ Peter Palmiotto, Director Monadnock Ecological and Education skills in targeting communication strategies and messaging to effective- (MERE) Project and Director, Conservation Biology, Antioch University ly engage and strengthen community support. Participants will learn New England language to include and avoid while talking about climate change, how Session Speakers/Panelists: to frame messages on climate mitigation and adaptation, along with identifying community values and interests in order to connect with Caitlin Cusack, Urban and Community Forestry Outreach Coordinator, University of Vermont Extension mainstream Americans. Session Leader: Emily Hamilton, MLA, Consulting Urban Forester, Davey Tree Expert Company Christa Daniels, AICP, Faculty and Doctoral Fellow, Antioch University New England Andy Whitman, Director of Sustainable Economies Initiative, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences Session Speakers/Panelists: Cara Pike, Founder and Director, Climate Access and the Social Capital TRACK: The Built Environment Project

Maintaining Vital Links: Transitioning Our Aging TUESDAY, MAY 20 • NOON-2 PM Transportation Infrastructure (T3D) PLENARY: Lunch Transportation’s function helps to assure food security, business con- tinuity, and energy supplies for gasoline and heating fuel in many New Taking the Long View: How Regional-Scale Planning England communities, so to maintain vibrant and growing communi- Will Inform and Assist Local Efforts ties. This session will go beyond the discussion about backlogs of aging This panel will focus on long-term recovery and increased resilience infrastructure to emphasize how climate change-ready communities by bringing together those, both in the public and private sector, ac- will need to strengthen relationships with other systems, including re- tively responding to the post-Irene and -Sandy context. We will discuss gional land use planning processes, water management, and energy lessons learned and current strategies being implemented at the state grid operations. Participants will leave this session with an understand- and regional level that will inform and complement both emergency ing of prioritizing approaches to shore up local roadway crossings, preparedness and adaptation planning at the local level. The objective emergency routes and egress strategies not only in response to rising for this panel is how to create a shared vision in order to establish a waters but also to the reality of an increasing frequency and duration long-term strategy for a resilient Northeast. of heat extremes and ice conditions as well. Participants will leave with Moderators: a deeper understanding of transportation vulnerabilities by applying local- and regional-scale examples of best practices implemented to Ken Moraff, Director, Office of Ecosystem Protection, U.S. EPA Region 1 date, which will include how to consider funding strategies to support Irene Nielsen, Climate Change Coordinator, U.S. EPA Region 2 change that can be supported by a community’s citizenry. Speakers: Session Leader: Colonel Andy L. Hall, Chief, Operations Division, Army National Guard Rebecca Lupes, Sustainable Transport and Climate Change Team, Rob Klee, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Energy and U.S. Federal Highway Administration Environmental Protection Session Speakers/Panelists: Deborah Markowitz, Secretary, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Peter Cusolito, CEM, CFM, Senior Security and Emergency Manage- Edward White, Director of Customer and Business Strategy, ment Planner, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. National Grid Judy Gates, Director, Environmental Office, Maine Department of Transportation TUESDAY, MAY 20 • 2:15-3:45 PM Steven Miller, Supervisor of Environmental Management Systems and TRACK: Planning and Process Sustainability, Massachusetts Department of Transportation From Plan to Practice: What Does Resiliency TRACK: Community Engagement and Implementation Really Look Like (T1E) Communication This session is an opportunity for participants to speak with practi- Getting the Message Out (T4D) tioners whose communities’ have successfully implemented various aspects of their Climate Action Plans or Hazard Mitigation Plans. Case This session is open to all, however it is also designed as a follow-up for studies will be utilized to provide examples of a successful implemen- attendees of the Monday morning Workshop, “How Can Psychology tation strategy. Participants should leave this session with a better idea Support Behavior Change Toward Climate Mitigation and Adaptation?” of the process of turning their communities’ plan(s) into successful and It will cover how we can connect the dots for people in our com- resilient policies.

12 Session Leader: Session Leader: Julie LaBranche, Senior Planner, Rockingham Planning Commission Fouad Dagher, PE, Manager of New Products and Energy Services, Session Speakers/Panelists: National Grid Eric Fang AIA, LEED AP, Associate Principal, Perkins Eastman Session Speakers/Panelists: Nicolaas Veraart, Vice President, Louis Berger Group Jim Newman, Principal, Linnaean Solutions Kristin Baja, Hazard Mitigation Planner, Office of Sustainability, City of Travis Sheehan, Ecodistricts Energy Fellow, Boston Redevelopment Baltimore, MD Authority Chris Lotspeich, Director of Sustainability Services, Celtic Energy TRACK: Natural Environment Maintaining Northeastern Wildlife and Recreation TRACK: Community Engagement Opportunities (T2E) and Communication The character of our Northeastern ecosystems is defined by our rela- Motivating Community Behavior (T4E) tively intact and abundant healthy wildlife populations and habitats, and How do we get community members engaged and involved in today’s the associated recreational economies that bring people to this region. As over-busy society? How do we get them to move beyond attitudes other habitats and ecosystems change, our wildlife and hunting and fishing and opinions to providing mutually supportive behaviors? Good stra- services will change as well. Participants will discuss how to insure that tegic planning integrates a scientific approach (for identifying goals, ob- the habitats, wildlife, and the robust recreational economies of our region jectives, stakeholders, research, and latent readiness) with the creative persist in the face of climate change. (for the design of triggering events and activities that motivate behav- Session Leader: iors). This session will build upon successful behavioral public relations Steve Fuller, Conservation Design Specialist, Wildlife Management Institute and management strategies that can be translated down to the local and North Atlantic LCC level so to move a community’s preparedness forward. Participants will leave with an understanding how to: Session Speakers/Panelists: • Use of “triggering events” to move individuals along the Jennifer Melville, Vice President, Conservation Grants and Loans, Open behavior continuum Space Institute • Motivate volunteer support over time John O’Leary, State Wildlife Action Plan Coordinator, Massachusetts • Identify and build relationships with opinion leaders in advance Division of Fish and Wildlife of asking for their support Emily Preston, Wildlife Biologist, NH Fish and Game Department Session Leader: Abigail Abrash Walton, Planning Board Chair, City of Keene, NH TRACK: The Built Environment Session Speakers/Panelists: Turning Up The Heat On Communities’ Energy Robin Schell, Senior Counsel, Jackson Jackson and Wagner Security (T3E) TUESDAY, MAY 20 • 4-5 PM This session addresses the nexus of climate mitigation and adapta- tion strategies. Due to a changing climate and an increased frequency PLENARY: Closing Session and Remarks of extreme events, communities are seeing increased interruption in Covering the costs: How do we pay for it all? the systems supporting our lighting, heating and cooling needs, and such interruptions are expanding in frequency and duration. And, The focus of this concluding plenary is to address what the future those most vulnerable, the infirmed, the aged and the very young, holds for financial support for emergency preparedness and longer are facing greater risks. These are no longer isolated incidences; range adaptation planning. This will include an update on the rapidly it is whole neighborhoods and regions. Tropical storms Irene and changing costs of insurance for activities within identified vulnerable Sandy demonstrated both the spatial and temporal scale of energy zones and how to best navigate the complexities for payments for supply vulnerabilities. The panel will highlight recent proactive efforts damage incurred. Tips will be given about already existing funds that that target energy systems to both increase resilience to future ex- can be tapped to support current efforts and how a community might treme events, and more broadly assist transition to sustainable and think out-of-the-box to mitigate future costs. energy-secure communities. Participants will leave the session with Session Leader: a deeper understanding of how to prioritize points of vulnerability in Lewis Milford, President and Founder, Clean Energy Group and Clean energy and fuel distribution within their municipal boundaries. You will Energy States Alliance also be introduced to the economic benefits of implementing both Speakers: demand-side management and alternative energy strategies, which Cynthia McHale, Director, Insurance Program, Ceres concurrently mitigate the impacts of greenhouse gases. Sara Pollock Hoverter, Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor, George- town University Law Center Perry Plummer, Director, New Hampshire Homeland Security and Emergency Management

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Poster Presentations

1 Rachel Schattman, University of Vermont resources to pursue them must be secured. This research will show Agricultural resilience in a changing climate: A trans-disciplinary how what we call community adaptation agreements (CAA) can approach to on-farm adaptation and mitigation help to rapidly generate adaptation measures to tackle local climate change impacts while benefiting the local industry/business, the Track: Community Engagement and Communication community, and the government. Abstract: As climate changes increasingly affect agricultural regions and landscapes, stakeholders will need to confront the challenges of Jennifer Rowland, Antioch University New England how to address both climate change mitigation and adaptation issues. 4 Community forest pest preparedness in the Northeastern U.S.: This study is part of a larger effort that seeks to understand how An overview and case study best management practices used on farms can limit the risks farmers are facing. The goal of this initiative is to foster long-term viability and Track: Natural Environment resiliency on Vermont farms through a trans-disciplinary approach Abstract: Due to changing climactic conditions as well as sociological and participatory action research (PAR) process which identifies, and technological innovations, biological invasions have increased evaluates and supports the implementation of Climate Change Best around the world, including those of nonindigenous forest pests. Management Practices (CCBMP) at the farm, research, extension This study focuses on the approaches to forest pest preparedness and policy levels. by communities in Northeastern states, and examines the threats and impacts commonly associated with hemlock wooly adelgid, 2 Michelle Staudinger, USGS/Northeast Climate Science Center/ Asian long horned beetle, and the emerald ash borer. The town of University of Mass-Amherst Hartford, Vermont is believed to be a model for other northeastern communities based on the town’s experiences in developing a forest The Northeast Climate Science Center: Improving the way pest preparedness plan and goals to mitigate the effects of pest climate science informs resource management outbreaks. Track: Natural Environment Abstract: The Department of Interior Northeast Climate Science Jonathan Loos, Center for the Environment, Plymouth State Center (NE CSC) is part of a federal network of eight Climate 5 University Science Centers created to provide scientific information, tools, The role of flood insurance rates in determining stakeholder and techniques that managers and other parties interested in land, perceptions of flood mitigation ecosystem services in the water, wildlife and cultural resources can use to anticipate, monitor, Upper Valley and adapt to climate change. The NE CSC conducts research that responds to the needs of natural resource management partners Track: Natural Environment that exist within the NE CSC bounds. One aspect of the NE CSC Abstract: Climate change predictions for increased precipitation and research portfolio is to better understand what traits make some storm event uncertainty in the Northeast have produced a greater species and habitats relatively more vulnerable to regional climate need for flood mitigation factors within the region. These projections changes than others, and use this information to design adaptation alongside planned changes to National Flood Insurance Program strategies in the Northeast CSC region. (NFIP) rates have created a situation for revaluation of ecosys- tem services that bestow flood mitigation benefits. This research explores the ecosystem services in the Upper Valley region of the 3 Kathleen Saul and Maria Ruotolo, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy (CEEP)/ University of Delaware Connecticut River and evaluates the ecological processes and infra- structure that together confer flood mitigation services to human A tri-partisan alliance to build local climate adaptation measures communities. Using this approach with survey and focus group based Track: Community Engagement and Communication stakeholder input, this project is searching how perceptions of flood Abstract: With over 50% of the global population living in coastal mitigation services in the Upper Valley shift as a result of changes to regions, rising sea levels resulting from climate change now pose a flood insurance policies. grave danger. Climate change policies emphasize adaptive strategies to help different communities cope with the impacts of sea level rise. However, even once appropriate strategies have been identified, the

14 6 Jackson Massey, University of Vermont 9 Christa Daniels, Antioch University New England Climate Change Adaptation and Relief Efforts Employee Gardens: Strengthening Community Resiliency through Partnerships Track: Community Engagement and Communication Abstract: To address the issue of climate change adaptation, a Track: Planning and Process response must be generated at a grassroots level to facilitate Abstract: The C&S Workplace Organic Gardens initiative actively community participation. In Vermont, many negative effects can be addresses priority issues of increasing community resiliency through attributed to climate change including flooding, crop loss and dam- food security, which has been identified as essential to the broader age to infrastructure. Although these consequences have continued Monadnock Region. C&S is the largest wholesale grocery supply to grow in size and frequency, minimal emphasis has been placed company in the U.S. and the lead supply chain company in the food on adapting. This research seeks to bridge the gap between these industry. This research identifies food security as a major issue that negative social-ecological consequences and climate change so that will affect the region as seasonal weather patterns change and cause communities may better adapt to new environmental conditions. increased chance of both drought and flooding. This initiative consists Climate Change Adaptation and Relief Efforts (CARE) will be a new of a partnership between a business and academic institution to meet organization that seeks to spur this grassroots, community based goals established in state and local municipal plans regarding food adaptation to climate change. security and climate resiliency. The project achieves climate resiliency through diversity, modularity and transparent/short feedback loops. 7 Adrien Wilkie, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)/University of Oregon 10 Michelle Maillet, McGill University Detection of climate change in Northeast United States Is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Track: The Built Environment an appropriate institution for supporting indigenous populations’ adaptation to climate change? Abstract: Although climate change has global ramifications, geo- graphical regions will not be equally affected. Thus, understanding Track: Planning and Process how the regional climate is changing sets the foundation for creating Abstract: The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate local solutions for our natural and built environment. Without Change is an intergovernmental institution with the objective of understanding regional patterns, communities will be less effective at bringing nations together to negotiate policies in a global effort to preparing for and adapting to climate change. Through this research stabilize greenhouse gas emissions. This research touches upon the and using climate indexing, a functional representation of Northeast cross-cutting issues of policy and planning, and community engage- U.S. climate was created. The results suggest the Northeast has ment and communication from a top-down perspective through been in a period of higher than normal temperature and precipita- critical analysis of the discourse on adaptation to climate change tion for the past several decades compared to the overall patterns of at the global level. Further, this study seeks to identify the various the 20th century, a newly emerging climate pattern for the region. implications of this discursive structure for indigenous peoples at the international, national, regional and local scales. 8 Danya Rumore, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Building the capacity of Northeast communities to plan for and 11 Johanna Stacy, University of Massachusetts manage climate change risks Landscape Water Use in the Ipswich River Watershed: A Study Track: Community Engagement and Communication of Homeowners Attitudes about Residential Water Conservation Abstract: The goal of the New England Climate Adaptation Project and Green Infrastructure Implementation (NECAP) is to support Northeast towns and cities in creating Track: Community Engagement and Communication resilient communities that are better prepared to handle climate Abstract: The Ipswich River is currently considered one of the variability and risks, while testing the use of role-play simulations as most ‘endangered’ rivers in the United States as high seasonal water a public engagement strategy. This poster will present the findings demands have resulted in low flow events. Climate change is likely from NECAP’s collaborative research project involving academics, to further alter the predictability of flows in the river. Understanding decision-makers, and local planners. This research is directly focused and altering consumers’ behavior may be one solution to improve on developing approaches for enabling effective adaptation; it is the river’s imbalanced water budget. This research will provide a brief highly relevant for local and regional decision-makers, planners, and overview of existing green infrastructure projects, and describe the educators seeking to advance local adaptation and resilience-build- use of homeowner surveys as instruments to better understand ing measures; and it may provide a model for other Northeast people’s perceptions of outdoor water use and the efficiency of towns and cities. various outdoor water conservation measures.

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Special Guest chief operating officer at the National Audubon Society, one of the world’s leading environmental organizations. He has also held New Hampshire top positions within state and municipal government, including Governor Maggie Hassan as Secretary of the Environment for the State of Maryland and Governor Maggie Hassan was sworn in as a senior official for the City of Baltimore. Perciasepe holds a as the 81st Governor of New Hamp- Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Resources from Cornell shire on January 3, 2013. Governor University and a master’s degree in planning and public adminis- Hassan is focused on bringing people tration from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. He and together to build a stronger, more in- his wife have two adult daughters. novative New Hampshire, with more good jobs that can support a growing middle class and where all of our citizens are included Bina Venkataraman in our shared success and prosperity. She is doing this through working with legislators in both parties on balancing budgets, Senior Advisor on Climate Change Inno- implementing the “Innovate NH” jobs plan--a bipartisan plan that vation, Executive Office of the President expands access to health coverage, and efforts to maintain New of the United States Hampshire’s high quality of life as one of the safest, healthiest and Bina Venkataraman designs and leads most livable states in the nation. Governor Hassan began her international initiatives and advances the career in public service in 1999 when Governor Jeanne Shaheen role of science and technology in policy asked her to serve on the Advisory Committee to the Adequacy and public life. She is currently serving in Education and Finance Commission. In 2004, Governor Hassan in the Obama Administration tackling global climate change. was first elected to the New Hampshire Senate, serving the Bina is committed to social justice and to catalyzing innovation people of the 23rd District, and serving as both President Pro in the realms of global health, the environment, and educa- Tempore and Majority Leader of the State Senate. She helped tion. Her previous endeavors have included serving as a journalist pass many important pieces of legislation including for education; in the newsrooms of The New York Times and The Boston marriage equality; economic support for workers during the Globe; developing an HIV/AIDS clinic in Vietnam; and managing recession; and the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). research for the Rainforest Alliance, an international conservation The Governor earned her B.A. from Brown University and her organization. Since 2011, she has been a lecturer at MIT, where J.D. from the Northeastern School of Law. she teaches undergraduate science and engineering majors to effectively influence policy and public dialogue. During the first Bob Perciasepe term of the Obama Administration, she served as the deputy for policy to the co-chair of the President’s science advisory council Deputy Administrator, U.S. EPA (PCAST), Eric Lander. She is an alumna of Brown University and Appointed by President Obama Harvard’s Kennedy School. in 2009 as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Deputy Admin- istrator, Bob Perciasepe continues a Cameron Wake career spanning nearly four decades Research Associate Professor, Clima- as one of the nation’s leading envi- tology and Glaciology, University of ronmental and public policy figures. New Hampshire and Director, Climate An expert on environmental stewardship, advocacy, public policy, Solutions New England and national resource and organizational management, Per- ciasepe is widely respected within both the environmental and Cameron is a research associate pro- U.S. business communities. His extensive experience includes fessor in climatology at the Institute for service both inside and outside of government. He served as a the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space top EPA official in the administration of President Bill Clinton, at the University of New Hampshire. who appointed him, first, to serve as the nation’s top water offi- He also has a joint appointment in the UNH Department cial and later as the senior official responsible for air quality across of Earth Sciences and is the Josephine A. Lamprey Fellow in the U.S. Prior to being named to his current position, he was Climate and Sustainability at the UNH Sustainability Institute.

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Cameron leads a research program investigating regional climate Michael H. Simpson and environmental change through the analysis of ice cores and Core Faculty and Chair, Depart- instrumental data, with a focus on the northeast United States, ment of Environmental Studies, the Arctic, and central Asia. He is an author on over 70 papers Antioch University New England published in the peer-reviewed scientific literature and dozens of reports, and has provided hundreds of interviews for state, Michael has been a senior environ- regional and national media. Cameron also directs Climate mental scientist and partner for two Solutions New England, a collaborative effort to secure healthy, environmental consultant firms in the prosperous, and sustainable communities through building ener- Northeast. He has also worked for gy self-reliance and weather resilience. Dr. Wake received a B.Sc. both the NH Dept. of Environmental in Geology (1984) from the University of Ottawa, an M.A. in Services and the MA Dept. of Environmental Protection. He is a Geography (1987) from Wilfrid Laurier University, and a Ph.D. in licensed wetlands scientist with over twenty-five years experience Earth Sciences (1993) from the University of New Hampshire. in wetland and riparian corridor assessments, employing a variety of assessment approaches and data collection procedures. Much of his research has been funded by NOAA and the US EPA; it Abigail Abrash focuses on working with local stakeholders to identify potential Walton risks from projected climate and land-use change, followed by developing an adaptation strategy for communities to build for Chair of Planning Board, City of projected impacts. Currently, he is the Chair of the Environmental Keene, NH Studies Department at Antioch University New England. He has graduate degrees from Dartmouth College and Antioch New Abigail chairs the City of Keene’s England Graduate School. Planning Board and served on the Steering Committee for the City’s Master Plan. She has contributed to the city’s adoption of a Hillside Protection Ordinance and Surface Water Protection Ordinance Denice Ross as well as updates to the Planning Board’s development standards Director of Enterprise Information, to include Comprehensive Transportation Management and City of New Orleans Low-Impact Development. Abigail also serves as founding Denice Ross is a nationally recognized Director of Antioch University New England’s Center for speaker, author and thought leader in Academic Innovation, faculty in the Department of Environ- “democratizing data” who currently mental Studies, and an organizational leader in environmental directs information strategy for the and social performance. She has played a central role in piloting City of New Orleans. Her efforts to AUNE’s Conservation Psychology Institute and Translating build open data systems between government agencies­--and Research to Inform Policy workshops. Previously, she was with the public--support key resilience functions in areas as program director for the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center diverse as community engagement, blight reduction, and emer- for Human Rights and New Hampshire Citizens Alliance, and gency preparedness. Prior to joining government, Denice served was a Visiting Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Human Rights as the Deputy Director of the Greater New Orleans Community Program. She has been a commentator for The Washington Data Center, a nonprofit whose mission is to make data acces- Post, The New York Times, National Public Radio, “Democracy sible to all. When Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, Now!” and “The News Hour with Jim Lehrer.” Abigail holds a it propelled this critical work into the national consciousness M.Sc. in Political Theory from the London School of Economics and forged a collaboration with Brookings to publish The New and Political Science, a B.A. in International Relations from the Orleans Index to track regional recovery and resilience. Denice University of Pennsylvania, and a Permaculture Design Certificate supported many post-Katrina community planning initiatives and from the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center. helped provide public and private leaders reliable data to make decisions about the future. Prior to moving to New Orleans in 2001, she worked in educational technology. Denice holds a Bachelors of Science in Biology from the University of Arizona. She is active in her neighborhood association and serves on the board of the childcare center she co-founded after the storm.

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Plenary Sessions

Colonel Andy L. Hall Rob Klee Chief, Operations Division, Army National Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Guard Energy and Environmental Protection Colonel Andy L. Hall is the Chief, Opera- Commissioner Klee was appointed to lead tions Division for the Army National Guard. the CT DEEP by Governor Dannel P. Malloy Immediately prior to his current assignment, in January 2014. DEEP is the state agency he was the Commander of the 648th Ma- charged with conserving, improving and neuver Enhancement Brigade, Georgia Army protecting the state’s natural resources and National Guard and Task Force Hydra, Kabul Afghanistan . Colonel Hall’s environment, providing first-rate outdoor recreation opportunities, civilian and military education include: a Bachelor of Science Degree in and bringing cheaper, cleaner, and more reliable energy to Connecti- Political Science, a Master of Arts Degree in Public Administration, and a cut’s residents and businesses. Prior to joining state service, Commis- Master of Science Degree in Strategic Studies. Colonel Hall is a graduate sioner Klee was an attorney with Wiggin and Dana LLP, in New Haven, of the United States Army War College. Colonel Hall’s awards and dec- where he specialized in appellate work and energy and environmental orations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Defense Meritorious law. He served as a Research Affiliate in the Yale School of Forestry Service Medal, Meritorious and Environmental Studies from 2006 to 2008. Commissioner Klee Service Medal w/ 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Army Commendation Medal with holds a Ph.D. from Yale’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Army Achievement Medal, Army Reserve Compo- in industrial ecology, a law degree from Yale, and an undergraduate nent Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan degree from Princeton in geology and environmental science. Commis- Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terror Service sioner Klee and his wife Anne have two sons. Medal, Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with 2 M devices, Army Service Ribbon, Army Overseas Deborah Markowitz Ribbon, Army Reserves Overseas Training Ribbon, the NATO ISAF Secretary, Vermont Agency of Natural Ribbon, The Army Staff Identification Badge, and the German Armed Resources Forces Proficiency Badge – Gold. Deborah Markowitz is the Secretary of the Sara P. Hoverter Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, the state agency with primary responsibility for Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor, protecting Vermont’s environment, natural Georgetown University Law Center resources and wildlife and for maintaining Sara is a senior fellow and adjunct professor Vermont’s forests and state parks. Markowitz at the Harrison Institute for Public Law at was named to that position by Governor Georgetown Law. Her areas of concentration Peter Shumlin in January 2011As Secretary of the Agency of Natural are health and climate change policy, including Resources, Markowitz has shaped the environmental agenda of the food and nutrition policy, community health state, focusing on the challenges of climate change, habitat fragmentation worker policy and network development, and federal and state health and the need to make Vermont more resilient to flooding. A graduate reform. Relevant publications include Urban Heat Adaptation: A Toolkit of the University of Vermont (B.A., 1983), Markowitz received her Juris for Local Governments (2012), as well as the Federal Funding Com- Doctorate degree from the Georgetown University Law Center (magna pendium for Urban Heat Adaptation (2013). Sara’s past positions have culaude,1987). Markowitz is the author of the Vermont Municipal Guide included jobs at the National Partnership for Women and Families, the to Land Use Regulation (1997) and Vermont Municipal Environmental Center for Law and the Public’s Health, and the DC Appleseed Center Handbook (1995). Markowitz has served on numerous state and nation- for Law and Justice. Her education includes a B.A. from Yale University, al boards and commissions and is the founder of the Vermont Women’s a J.D. from Georgetown University, and an LL.M. from Georgetown Leadership Initiative and Vermont Votes for Kids. She has been recog- University. nized nationally for her leadership by being awarded an Aspen Institute Rodel fellowship.

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Cynthia McHale law and policy, and has spoken at numerous conferences, trade associa- Director, Insurance Program, Ceres tion meetings, and similar forums. Mr. Moraff has also served as manager of EPA New England’s enforcement program, and as special assistant to Cynthia brings more than 20 years of ex- the Regional Administrator. He is a graduate of Cornell University and perience working with many of the leading Harvard Law School. North American and European insurers, re-insurers and insurance brokers, and is Perry Plummer currently working with insurers to promote Director, New Hampshire Homeland Security and expand their commitment to, and and Emergency Management implementation of climate risk adaptation and mitigation strategies. Before joining Ceres, Cynthia managed Accenture’s Global Insurance Director Plummer is currently the Director of Industry Program. Her specific areas of expertise include new prod- New Hampshire Division of Homeland Secu- uct development, underwriting, claims, and customer service/policy rity and Emergency Management. Prior to his administration. She began her career as a casualty underwriter at appointment to this position, he served as the GenRe, a Berkshire Hathaway company. Cynthia’s other professional Director of New Hampshire Fire Standards experience includes implementation of a micro-insurance program in and Training and Emergency Medical Services. East Africa and administration of a social responsibility code of con- Director Plummer joined the New Hamp- duct for U.S corporations with business operations in South Africa. shire Department of Safety after a 25 year career with the City of Dover She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from Dartmouth Fire and Rescue where he spent the last 9 years as an award winning College and a Master of Science in Management from Hult Interna- Fire Chief. In his current role, Director Plummer serves as the Chairman tional Business School. of the Governor’s Vermont Yankee Decommissioning Working Group and is the state’s Liaison to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). He also serves nationally on the Special and Emerging Issues Lewis Milford Committee for Homeland Security. President and Founder, Clean Energy Group and Clean Energy States Alliance Edward H. White, Jr. Lewis Milford, President and founder of Clean Vice President, Customer and Business Strategy, National Grid Energy Group and the Clean Energy States Alliance, National Grid is an electricity and gas company that connects consumers two nonprofit organizations that work with state, to energy sources through its networks. The company is at the heart of federal and international organizations to pro- one of the greatest challenges facing our society to create new, sustain- mote clean energy technologies. Prior to founding able energy solutions for the future and developing an energy system CEG in 1998, Mr. Milford was Vice President of the Conservation Law that underpins economic prosperity in the 21st century. Edward White’s Foundation. Mr. Milford was a New York Assistant Attorney General. He team provides product expertise, alliance support, energy efficient was also a law professor and director of the Public Interest Law Clinic at solutions, ensures regulatory coordination and develops new products American University in Washington, D.C. He has a J.D. from George- and services including modernized smart grid programs and solutions town University Law Center. focused on alternative fuel vehicles. White earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and a certificate in High Performance Management Ken Moraff from Northeastern University, Boston, and completed Cambridge Director, Office of Ecosystem Protection, U.S. University’s Program for Sustainability Leadership in 2008. EPA Region 1 New England Ken Moraff is Director of the Office of Eco- system Protection at EPA New England, with responsibility for federal clean air and clean water programs in the six New England states. He has extensive experience in environmental

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Dr. Christie Manning Planning and Process Professor of Psychology, Macalester College Kristin Baja Professor Manning’s research and teaching explore Climate and Resilience Planner, Office of Sustainability, the cognitive, social and situational factors that in- City of Baltimore, Maryland fluence behavioral and lifestyle choices and how Kristin Baja is the Climate and Resilience Planner with the Office of Sus- these choices positively or negatively impact natural tainability at Baltimore City. She is responsible for development and im- systems. She is particularly interested in people’s plementation of the City’s Disaster Preparedness Project and Plan (DP3). cognitive and emotional response to information She is also responsible for the City’s climate communications plan, STAR about climate change. Professor Manning holds a BSc in Human Factors certification process, and Community Rating System certification. Before Engineering (Engineering Psychology), Tufts Univ. School of Engineering, joining Baltimore City, Kristin worked for the City of Ann Arbor develop- 1989, and PhD in Psychology, University of Minnesota, 2000. ing their Climate Action Plan and Sustainability Framework. Kristin holds Debra Perry a Master of Urban Planning degree and a Master of Science degree from the University of Michigan. Senior Program Officer, Institute for Sustainable Communities and American Society of Adaptation David Berg, AICP, LEED AP Professionals Associate, Cameron Engineering and Associates, LLP Deb Perry joined the Institute for Sustainable David Berg, AICP, LEED AP is an Associate at Cameron Engineering. and Communities (ISC) in January 2011. As a Senior Associates, LLP where he has provided land use planning and environ- Program Officer on ISC’s U.S. Climate and Envi- mental analysis for municipal and private clients for over 15 years. As the ronment Program team, Deb helps to coordinate the National Sustain- project manager of NYSERDA’s Climate Smart Communities for Long able Communities Learning Network (SCLN), a Network of more than Island, David is assisting municipalities to lower their greenhouse gas emis- 200 communities and regions that have received grants and technical as- sions, adapt to climate change, and mitigate the effects of sea level rise. sistance through the federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities. David is one of the project managers for the NY Rising Community Re- Since 2011, Deb has also served as the project manager for the Resilient construction Program, assisting one of Suffolk County’s Sandy-impacted Vermont Project, an effort to develop an integrated, long-term strategy areas develop a rebuilding and revitalization plan. for resilience that weaves together state, regional and local initiatives, and better equips the Vermont to prepare for, respond to and bounce back from future climate impacts and the natural disasters. She has a Bachelor’s Peter Britz degree from Colgate University, a Master of Science degree in Natural Environmental Planner and Sustainability Coordinator, Resource Planning from the University of Vermont and is a member of the City of Portsmouth, NH American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP). Peter Britz has served as the City of Portsmouth’s Environmental Planner since 2000. Peter is a member of the Hodgson Brook Watershed Ad- Steven Whitman, AICP visory Board, past Chairman for the New Hampshire Estuaries Project Planning Consultant and Educator, Resilience management committee, and serves as staff to the City’s Conservation Planning and Design LLC Commission. Peter has coordinated the City’s membership in ICLEI and completed the first ICLEI milestone, the citywide carbon inventory. He Steven Whitman is a professional planner and ed- has also worked to coordinate the City’s membership in the Mayor’s ucator based in New Hampshire and his work is Climate protection agreement and assisted with the new designation of focused largely on community planning and sus- Portsmouth as an ecomunicipality. tainability issues. Mr. Whitman is a certified perma- culture teacher, and is also an adjunct faculty member at Plymouth State University and Colby Sawyer College. Mr. Whitman frequently teaches Peg Elmer, AICP courses in the US and internationally in environmental planning, commu- Principal, Community-Resilience.org nity planning, permaculture, natural building and sustainability. Mr. Whit- Peg Elmer, AICP, is a professional planner and long-time environmen- man lives in Plymouth, NH and participates in a wide range of grassroots tal advocate with a long track record of creating training materials and efforts that promote sustainability. programs for state and local policy-makers, lay and professional, guiding land use in northern New England. Prior to establishing Community-Re- silience.org in 2012, she was Assistant Professor, Land Use Planning and

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Policy and Associate Director of the Land Use Clinic at the Vermont Law Association of State Floodplain Managers,. NJAFM is THE flood resource School. She serves as the Governor’s “smart growth” appointment on for the State of New Jersey, having direct input into education, policy, the VT Downtown Board, on the Executive Committee of VT Planners practices and recognition of the 11 Presidential Disaster Declarations in Association and is past-President of the Northern New England Chapter New Jersey in the past nine (9) years. of the American Planning Association. Bill Patenaude Eric Fang AIA, LEED AP Principal Engineer, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Associate Principal, Perkins Eastman Management Eric is an Associate Principal at Perkins Eastman with more than 20 years Bill Patenaude is a Principal Engineer with the Rhode Island Department of experience as an architect and urban designer. He has led large-scale of Environmental Management’s Office of Water Resources. In this role projects in urban design and redevelopment, as well as university and he has overseen wastewater treatment inspection, operator training, and campus planning projects. Eric is a regular contributor to professional operator certification programs since 1988. Most recently he has been and academic journals, and his work has been recognized by numerous tasked with assisting with climate change activities and vulnerability as- awards from institutions including the AIA New York Chapter and the sessments for his office and for the DEM. New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association. Ed Saltzberg, PhD Chris Keeley Managing Director, The Security and Sustainability Forum Communities and Climate Program Coordinator, NH Sea Grant and Edward Saltzberg, PhD. Is the Managing Director of the Security and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension Sustainability Forum, a public interest organization that convenes global Chris Keeley works in coastal New Hampshire as the Communities and experts in free online events to address the impacts to society from cli- Climate Program Coordinator at NH Sea Grant and UNH Cooperative mate and other disruptions to natural systems. Over 9000 professionals Extension, and also works on climate change adaptation with the Great comprise SSF’s following split nearly equally among the business, govern- Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. His Masters of Science the- ment and academic/nonprofit sectors. Ed received his doctorate in Envi- sis research at the University of New Hampshire identified factors that ronmental Sciences from the University of Virginia, completed a Master’s prompt communities to engage in climate adaptation, the processes and Degree in Geology from Boston University and received a Bachelor’s of methods they used for planning for climate change, and the immediate Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. outcomes from engaging in adaptation. Daniel Slone Julie LaBranche Partner, McGuire Woods LLP and Resilient Design Institute Senior Planner, Rockingham Planning Commission Dan assists innovative clients in designing and implementing their projects. Julie is a Senior Planner with the Rockingham Planning Commission in He helps them to build the right entities, put together appropriate strate- southeast New Hampshire. Her work in the region includes assisting gies, overcome impediments and put together effective contracts for the communities with: development of Master Plans and policies; zoning or- new types of relationships they create. Dan is national counsel for the U.S. dinances and regulations relating to land use, natural resource protection, Green Building Council and World Green Building Council, and on the climate change and adaptation planning, energy, and stormwater manage- board of the Congress for the New Urbanism. He is author of “The Legal ment; and integrating land use and transportation planning concepts. Julie Impediments Survey,” and “Sustainability Planning and the Law,” in Sus- participates as a member of: the Southeast Watershed Alliance Adviso- tainable and Resilient Communities: A Comprehensive Action Plan for ry Committee, NH Sea Grant Policy Advisory Committee, NH Coast- Towns, Cities, and Regions, 2011, and co-author of A Legal Guide to Ur- al Adaptation Workgroup, and as Vice President of the Northern New ban and Sustainable Development, among numerous other publications. England Chapter of the American Planning Association. She holds a B.S. in Geological Sciences from Salem State College, MA and a M.S. in Earth Nicolaas Veraart Sciences-Geology from Montana State University, Bozeman. Vice President, Louis Berger Group John Miller, PE, CFM, CSM Niek Veraart is a Vice President at Louis Berger in New York, where he directs the firm’s environmental planning practice. He led the firm’s ser- Water Resources Engineer, Princeton Hydro, LLC vices for the post 9/11 recovery and redevelopment of Lower Manhattan, John is in his seventh year as Legislative Committee Chair of the New in particular the World Trade Center, the National September 11 Me- Jersey Association for Floodplain Management (NJAFM), a non-profit, morial, the Fulton Street Transit Center and infrastructure restoration in all-volunteer organization incorporated in 2005 and dedicated to reduc- Lower Manhattan. He is currently supporting the State of New York, the ing loss of life, mitigating property damage and promoting sound flood- City of New York and the City of Hoboken, New Jersey with the recovery plain management; NJAFM is a chapter of the 15,000 national member from Superstorm Sandy. He is a graduate of Wageningen University in

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management of their urban and community forests, with specific focus on SESSIONS (continued) forest health. She grew up in eastern Massachusetts and received a B.A. in Environmental Studies from The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, M.A. and a M.F. in 2008 from Yale’s School of Forestry and Environmental The Netherlands with undergraduate and graduate degrees in Landscape Studies in New Haven, CT. Architecture and Regional Planning. John Field, PhD Adam Whelchel, PhD Fluvial Geomorphologist, Field Geology Services Director of Science, The Nature Conservancy Dr. Field received a Ph.D. in 1994 from the University of Arizona with Dr. Adam Whelchel’s twenty-two year career has focused on ecological concentrations in fluvial geomorphology and hydrology. Dr. Field’s re- estoration and climate preparedness while with federal agencies, ecolog- search on flooding and habitat issues has been published in numerous ical consulting firms, academic institutions, and non-profit organizations peer-reviewed scientific publications and presented at professional meet- in the United States, Caribbean and Africa. Dr. Whelchel is currently re- ings throughout the United States. Dr. Field has conducted geomorphic sponsible for overseeing extreme weather and climate impact assessment assessments and completed stream restoration projects throughout New and responses with municipalities and states in Southern New England via England in an effort to reduce flooding and erosion while simultaneously the Conservancy’s Coastal Resilience Network. Adam is also serving as a improving aquatic habitat. key advisor for Puerto Rico Climate Adaptation Project and a Lead Au- thor on the Northeast section of the U.S. National Climate Assessment. Steve Fuller, PhD Conservation Design Specialist, Wildlife Management Institute and North Natural Environment Atlantic LCC Lisa Auermuller Steve Fuller has served as Conservation Design Specialist with the North Watershed Coordinator, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences Atlantic LCC since 2011, beginning with development of the Northeast (Jacques Cousteau Reserve), Rutgers University Conservation Framework and the Albany 2 workshop in 2011, and re- cently working to assemble a comprehensive Northeast Landscape Con- Lisa Auermuller is the Watershed Coordinator for the Jacques Cousteau servation Design and translate the forthcoming results of that effort to National Estuarine Research Reserve in Tuckerton, NJ. In her role at the support State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) revisions. Before joining the Reserve, Lisa’s duties include assessing the needs of coastal decision mak- NALCC team, Steve held the position of Terrestrial Ecologist for the State ers and providing relevant and timely training opportunities. Most recent- of New Hampshire, serving as the science coordinator for NH’s SWAP, ly, Lisa’s primary areas of interest have been in stormwater management, and providing technical assistance on conservation science to the Regional climate change and coastal community vulnerability as it relates to sea Conservation Needs Program since its inception. level rise. Lisa has been working with a variety of partners to develop tools and protocols to help communities understand their risks, plan for Dr. Hector Galbraith those risks and put adaptation measures into place. Senior Scientist, National Wildlife Federation Gabe Bolin, PE With his initial training and degrees in avian ecology and population dy- Eastern Stream Restoration Specialist, Trout Unlimited namics, Dr. Galbraith has since branched out into evaluating the potential impacts of climate change on plant and animal populations and commu- Gabe is a water resource engineer with over 14 years of experience nities in the Northeastern Region. Through numerous projects funded specializing in watershed management and ecological restoration by, among others, the North Atlantic LCC and various state agencies and projects. Gabe has gathered extensive experience in all phases of foundations, Dr. Galbraith has taken a lead role in developing and applying water resources work including monitoring, field surveys, modeling methods to quantify the vulnerabilities of species and communities to the and analysis, design, project management and construction oversight. changing climate. He is currently a staff scientist with the National Wildlife Gabe earned his B.S. in Bio-Environmental Engineering from Rutgers Federation. University and his M.E. in Coastal Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology. Sherry Godlewski Caitlin Cusack Environmental Program Manager, NH Department of Environmental Services Community Forestry Outreach Coordinator, University of Vermont Extension Sherry Godlewski has worked for NH Department of Environmental Services for 17 years, and has experience in the water, air, waste, and Caitlin Cusack is an Urban and Community Forestry Extension Educator environmental health programs. She currently works on Climate Change for the University of Vermont Extension. Caitlin coordinates the Vermont Adaptation efforts. She served as facilitator for the Governor’s Climate Forest Pest First Detector Program and assists communities with the Change Policy Task Force Adaptation Working Group. Sherry currently

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serves as co-chair of both the Coastal Adaptation Workgroup and the vation Service, and the USFWS. The New England Culvert Project at TU Upper Valley Adaptation Workgroup. She also participates in and con- is actively working with NH NRCS on installing over 30 large wood instal- nects the various adaptation initiatives taking place in New Hampshire. lations on easement properties to improve aquatic habitat development. She represents New Hampshire in regional adaptation workgroups. Sher- Prior to joining TU, Colin managed cross country ski areas in Vermont ry has a M.S. in Environmental Communication and Administration from before returning to graduate school to study environmental science and Antioch University. hydro-ecology at Antioch New England University in Keene, NH.

Dr. Evan Grant John Magee Wildlife Biologist, Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center, Patuxtent Fish Habitat Biologist, New Hampshire Fish and Game Department Wildlife Research Center/USGS John has a B.A. in Biology from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and a Evant Grant is principle investigator of the US Geological Survey’s Am- M.S. in Zoology from University of Maine. He has worked in the fields of phibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI), Northeast region, and aquatic toxicology, fish physiology and fish ecology. He is the Fish Habitat stationed at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, MD. His re- Biologist at New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. search focuses on questions relating to amphibian populations, specifically with respect to their landscape-scale ecology and conservation. His work Jennifer Melville is focused on monitoring and research questions that can aid resource Vice President, Conservation Grants and Loans Open Space Institute managers and conservationists. Jennifer Melville is Vice President, Conservation Grants and Loans, for the Emily Hamilton, MLA Open Space Institute (OSI). In addition, Jennifer serves as OSI’s New En- gland Field Coordinator, based in southern Maine. She joined OSI’s staff in Consulting Urban Forester, Davey Tree Expert Company 2008 to develop and implement OSI funds in the region, such as the Re- Emily Hamilton, is an urban forester, landscape designer, inventory arborist silient Landscape Initiative, Community Forest Fund and the Transborder and project manager for Davey Resource Group’s Natural Resource Con- Land Conservation Fund. She has over 25 years of experience working for sulting group. Emily is responsible for managing urban forestry consulting land conservation organizations in New England. She is a graduate of the contracts with municipalities, such as the Department of Public Works University of California Berkeley and holds an MA from the Yale School of in Fall River, Massachusetts and the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Parks and Forestry and Environmental Studies. Recreation Department. In Springfield, Massachusetts she was contract- ed by the local non-profit, ReGreen Springfield, to manage the planting Steve Miller of 1,140 trees on private properties in the tornado recovery zone. Ms. Coastal Training Program Coordinator, Great Bay National Estuarine Emily holds a B.S. in plant science from Cornell University and a Master of Research Reserve Landscape Architecture from the University of Illinois. Steve Miller is the Coastal Training Program Coordinator at the Great Bay Emilie Hauser National Estuarine Research Reserve, where he provides science-based training and resources to municipal decision makers. Prior to this he was NEIWPCC Environmental Analyst, NY Dept. of Environmental Conser- the Program Director at the Seacoast Science Center. Steve earned a MS vation and Estuary Training Program Coordinator, Hudson River National in Ecosystem Ecology and Wildlife from the Yale School of Forestry and Estuarine Research Reserve Environmental Studies. Steve has worked in the environmental education Emilie Hauser is the Coordinator of the Hudson River Estuary Training field for over 30 years. Steve is the Chair of the Portsmouth Conservation Program at the NYSDEC Hudson River National Estuarine Research Re- Commission and is the Co-Chair of the New Hampshire Coastal Adap- serve, employed by NEIWPCC. She holds a combined bachelors degree in tation Workgroup. astronomy and geology from Mount Holyoke and M.S. in earth and space sciences from Stony Brook University and is on the executive board of the John O’Leary Hudson River Environmental Society. She serves on the City of Kingston State Wildlife Action Plan Coordinator, MA Division of Fish and Wildlife Conservation Advisory Council and the Climate Action Task Force, which is implementing the Kingston’s Climate Action Plan. She served on the John received his B.S. in Fisheries Biology from UMASS, Amherst in 1977 planning team for the Kingston Waterfront Flooding Task Force. and his M.S. in Fisheries and Wildlife Biology, also at UMASS, Amherst, in 1984. He began his professional career working for Massachusetts Coop- Colin Lawson, M.S. erative Fisheries Research Unit as Anadromous Fish Restoration Project leader (1979-1989) before becoming a District Fisheries Manager for the New England Culvert Project Coordinator, Trout Unlimited Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MDFW) in 1990. John Colin works with many partners, from Trout Unlimited (TU)’s state coun- left the MDFW to become a Watershed Team Leader within the Massa- cils and local chapters, landowners, and other non-profit organizations to chusetts Watershed Initiative from 1999-2003 and returned to MDFW as federal partners such as the US Forest Service, Natural Resource Conser- the State Wildlife Action Plan Coordinator. He was the State Co-Chair

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SESSIONS (continued) Jennifer West Coastal Training Program Coordinator, Narragansett Bay Research Reserve of the Forestry Section for the National Fish, Wildlife and Plant Climate Adaptation Strategy. He also served on Massachusetts Climate Change Jennifer West is the Coastal Training Program Coordinator with the Nar- Adaptation Committee, Natural Resources Sub-Committee, serves as ragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. She develops and the Chair of the Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies delivers science-based trainings and tools to decision-makers so that they (NEAFWA) Climate Change Working Group and as the Northeast Rep- may make informed decisions about how to best protect Narragansett resentative to the Advisory Committee on Climate Change and Natural Bay and its watershed. Jennifer has a MS in Environmental Sciences from Resource Science. In the fall 2013 he was promoted to Assistant Director the University of Rhode Island and a BS in Environmental Biology from the of Wildlife for (MDFW). State University of New York College at Oneonta.

Dr. Peter Palmiotto, DF Jill Weiss Director, Monadnock Ecological and Education (MERE) Project and Adjunct, School of Science and Social Science, Keene State College and Director, Conservation Biology, Antioch University New England PhD Candidate, Antioch University New England Peter A. Palmiotto is a faculty member and Director of the Conserva- Jill is completing her PhD research on the application of communication tion Biology Program at Antioch University New England. He received his theories to regional conservation networks and ecological stewardship. Doctorate of Forestry in Ecosystem Ecology and M.F.S. in Tropical Forest The dissertation will explore the path of knowledge sharing and col- Ecology from Yale U., School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He laboration in landscape scale, regional conservation networks in New has a B.S. in Resources Management from SUNY ESF and an A.A.S. in England. In 2011 she researched and presented the report, Sharing Out: Forestry from Paul Smith’s College. As a professional forester Peter ad- Alpine Stewardship Programs in the Northeast, a survey of field edu- vises State and private institutions on forest management issues as well as cation, passive and active management, and research atop the peaks of manages Antioch University’s forested properties. the Northeast.

Emily Preston Andy Whitman, MS Wildlife Biologist, NH Fish and Game Department Director of Sustainable Economies Initiative, Manomet Center for Emily Preston is a wildlife biologist with the NH Fish and Game Depart- Conservation Sciences ment’s Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program. She provides tech- Andy Whitman has worked on sustainable systems for more than two nical assistance to agencies, land trusts, towns, landowners and other ef- decades, focusing on tools and partnerships that foster sustainability. For forts on wildlife habitat protection and management, using wildlife habitat the last five years, he has worked in New England with foresters, farmers, data to identify important natural resource areas and encouraging people and local communities to develop tools for mitigating and adapting to to use a range of tools to protect and manage them. Emily has a Masters changing weather and climate. Andy has served on sustainability panels degree in environmental science and years of experience managing lands, for state government, industry and businesses and has published in nu- providing natural history information to the public, and working on local merous scientific journals. He holds an M.S. in Wildlife Ecology from the and regional open space plans. University of Maine. Erin Rodgers Built Environment Project Manager, Trout Unlimited, and Researcher at Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center (USGS) Kathleen Baskin Director of Water Policy at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy Erin began her career as a marine biologist but became focused on inland and Environmental Affairs riparian ecology during her graduate studies where she is currently com- pleting her dissertation on the effects of catastrophic floods on native Kathleen Baskin develops and implements state water policy on issues fisheries. Erin has worked with the city of Keene, NH to improve wetland such as flow and habitat alteration, stormwater management, water qual- habitat and with the Green Mountain Conservation Group on road salt ity, and water supply allocation. She managed the MA Climate Change issues over New Hampshire’s stratified-drift aquifer. She currently works Adaptation Advisory Committee and preparation of the MA Climate for Trout Unlimited as a Project Manager for the New England Culvert Change Adaptation Report, and is currently chairing the Adaptation Sub- Project. committee of the Global Warming Solutions Act Implementation Advi- sory Committee. She is EEA’s lead advisor for the MA Sustainable Water Management Initiative, which is promoting protection and sustainable management of water resources for ecological needs and economic de- velopment. Before joining EEA, Ms. Baskin developed and directed tech-

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nical research programs and established watershed management priori- in the Protection and Planning Department and since then he assumed ties at a non-profit organization and was a consultant at an international different responsibilities within National Grid. Fouad earned his Bachelor engineering firm. She has an MS degree in Environmental Engineering of Science and Masters of Science in Electrical and Energy Engineering and BS degrees in Civil Engineering and Biology, all from Tufts University. from the University of Massachusetts. He attended Northeastern Uni- versity in Boston, MA for Post Graduate studies in Electrical Engineering. John R. Bolduc Mr. Dagher is a registered Professional Engineer in Massachusetts and Environmental Planner, City of Cambridge, MA Vermont and the author several engineering papers. John Bolduc is an environmental planner with the City of Cambridge Judy Gates Community Development Department where he coordinates climate Director, Environmental Office, Maine Department of Transportation change initiatives. John is the project manager for the Cambridge Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Preparedness Plan project; works In her role at MaineDOT, Judy Gates oversees programs concerning with the Climate Protection Action Committee, an advisory group to the groundwater, stormwater management, intra- and inter-agency coor- City Manager, to develop recommendations for new policies and actions; dination, permitting, threatened and endangered species, natural re- reviews development proposals for compliance with the Zoning Ordi- source assessments, hazardous materials, and hydrology. As Director, nance’s green building requirements. John earned a Bachelor of Science she spearheads efforts to streamline regulatory processes through the degree from the University of California at Davis in 1980 and a Master use of programmatic agreements, abbreviated licensing procedures, and of Arts from Tufts University in Urban and Environmental Policy in 1986. memorandums of understanding or agreement, and advocates for state transportation interests in both state and federal policy, legislative, and Peter Cusolito, CEM, CFM regulatory forums. Judy earned a B.S. in Agriculture from West Virgin- Senior Security and Emergency Management Planner, Vanasse ia University, holds M.S. degrees in Plant and Soil Sciences and Forest Hangen Brustlin, Inc. Biology from the University of Maine, and is ABD towards a Ph.D. in Public Policy at the Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Peter is a Cer tified Emergency Manager and Cer tified Floodplain Manager Southern Maine. with three decades of strategic planning, training management, and expe- rience in applying emergency management assessment and preparedness Dr. Paul Kirshen planning principles to address natural hazard mitigation, critical infrastruc- Research Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of New ture resiliency, climate adaptation planning, and climate change vulnerabil- Hampshire ity. His practice area focuses on public and private infrastructure, mainly in the transportation industry, for road, rail, air, and sea. Peter has conducted Dr. Kirshen has 30 years of experience serving as Principal Investigator/ detailed hazard and climate impact assessments to identify risk associat- Project Manager of complex, interdisciplinary, participatory research ed with local and regional impacts of climate change. He uses traditional related to water resources and coastal zone management and climate planning and advanced modeling techniques to analyze the impacts of variability and change. He is presently Research Professor, Environmen- increased weather activity on impact critical infrastructure. In addition, tal Research Group of Department of Civil Engineering, and Institute for he uses risk analysis to understand the vulnerabilities to populations and the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, social capital, infrastructure, and natural resources. A retired senior mili- Durham, NH. He is also a Lead Author for the 2014 Fifth Intergovern- tary officer, he served as the Commander of a military homeland defense/ mental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment and the 2013 US terrorist response support team and as a representative to the public for National Climate Assessment. He was Project Manager/Principal Investi- the coordination of public safety planning for several large-scale, high-risk gator of a study to investigate the integrated impacts of climate change on events throughout the country. Peter is also an adjunct professor for the metro Boston and to develop recommendations for adaptation actions Graduate Programs in Emergency Management, Public Administration, (CLIMB Project, 1999-2004). Ongoing relevant projects include develop- and Fire Science at Anna Maria College. ing guidance tools for planning and management of urban drainage sys- tems under a changing climate. He received his ScB in Engineering from Fouad Dagher, PE Brown University and his MS and PhD in Civil Engineering from MIT. Director of Emerging Products and Services, National Grid Julia Knisel Fouad Dagher is the Director of the Emerging Products and Services in Coastal Shoreline and Floodplain Manager, MA Office of Coastal Zone the Customer and Business Strategy department at National Grid USA, Management and the program manager for the development of National Grid’s solar generation facilities. His responsibilities are to identify, develop, and im- Julia Knisel is the Coastal Shoreline and Floodplain Manager for the Massa- plement advanced technology solutions in the fields of renewable, effi- chusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, leading development and cient energy, storage systems, non-wire solutions, alternative fuel vehicles, implementation of policies and strategies to promote sound adaptation home energy devices and innovative approaches to gas and electric ener- and reduce vulnerability along the coast. She oversees the Massachusetts gy efficiency. Fouad joined National Grid in 1994 as an Associate Engineer StormSmart Coasts program to help communities prepare for and pro-

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Dr. Samuel Merrill SESSIONS (continued) President and Founder, Catalysis Adaptation Partners Dr. Merrill has spent over 20 years at the interface of local community tect themselves from coastal storms and flooding. Julia also co-chairs the needs, managed landscapes, and sensitive natural resources. He has re- Northeast Regional Ocean Council’s Coastal Hazards Resilience Com- ceived many awards for his work, including in the year 2000, a military mittee, which coordinates activities related to coastal hazards resilience medal for distinguished public service, and has published over 20 peer-re- and climate adaptation in New England. Julia has a B.S. in Biology and viewed articles and over sixty agency technical reports. From 2001 Marine Science from The Pennsylvania State University and a M.S. in Ma- through 2013 Sam served as Director of the New England Environmental rine Policy and Coastal Zone Management from The University of Maine. Finance Center and Associate Research Professor at the Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine. He holds a BA in Zoology Chris Lotspeich from the University of Maine, and both a MS in Conservation Biology and Director of Sustainability Services, Celtic Energy PhD in Wildlife Conservation from the University of Minnesota. Chris Lotspeich (“Lot-speech”) is Director of Sustainability Services at Celtic Energy in Glastonbury, CT. He was lead author of microgrid pro- Rawlings Miller, PhD posals for Stamford and Glastonbury, Connecticut, and lead author of the Technical Specialist, ICF International Whole-Systems Integrative Green Design Module for the Government of Rawlings Miller is a climate scientist, with more than 15 years of experi- Singapore’s Certified Energy Manager course created in 2010. He was a ence in climate change and air pollution research and policy as well as 2 2002–2003 Batten Fellow at the Darden business school at the University years of experience as an engineer. She has participated in a range of of Virginia. From 1994 to 2001 he was Executive Assistant to Amory projects involving assessments of climate impacts on current national Lovins and a Senior Associate at Rocky Mountain Institute in Snowmass, programs and policies, assessments of observed and projected impacts Colorado, where he worked on six continents and led numerous resource associated with climate variability across a number of sectors within the efficiency surveys at industrial facilities and on a Navy warship. He earned United States and Internationally, synthesis of climate change vulnerability two masters degrees from Yale, in public and private management from studies, development of projections and long-range weather data sets for the School of Management, and in environmental studies from the School climate risk assessments, atmospheric modeling of the impact of aerosols of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He received a B.A. in International and air quality, climatic impacts and mitigation analysis of short lived cli- Politics from Wesleyan University. Chris served as a wilderness emergen- mate pollutants, communicating climate science, and emission modeling cy medical technician, firefighter, and hazardous materials technician on for varying regulation scenarios. She has supported a number of clients, volunteer rescue services in Colorado, Connecticut and Maine. including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National High- way Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA), Koshland Science Rhett Lamb Museum, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of De- Planner, City of Keene, NH fense (DOD), World Bank, USAID, and the Federal Highway Administra- tion (FHWA). Dr. Miller has a PhD in Atmospheric Sciences from Univer- Rhett has been the planning director for the City of Keene since 1996. He sity of Arizona, an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Boston University, is also an adjunct professor at Antioch University New England. He is a and a B.S. in Physics from Union College. member of the New Hampshire Planners Association and the Northern New England Chapter of the American Planning Association. He served on the New Hampshire Governor’s Climate Change Policy Task Force and Steven Miller has a leading role with Keene’s ongoing climate initiatives. Rhett holds a Supervisor of Environmental Management Systems and Sustainability, master’s degree from Tufts University. He lives with his family in Keene. Massachusetts Department of Transportation Steven oversees MassDOT’s Highway Division’s Environmental Manage- Rebecca Lupes ment System and Sustainability efforts. He is also the Project Manager for Sustainable Transport and Climate Change Team, U.S. Federal Highway the MassDOT-Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Climate Change Administration and Extreme Weather Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Options of the Central Artery. Also, Steven participated in drafting polices to help Becky Lupes is a member of the FWHA’s Sustainable Transport and Cli- mitigate the effects of greenhouse gases related to transportation and mate Change Team where she oversees a pilot program in which 19 agen- participated in the development of the adaptation strategies for the Key cies are assessing the resilience of their transportation infrastructure to Infrastructure subcommittee/Roadway Sector for the Massachusetts Cli- climate change and extreme weather. With the agency since 2001, Becky mate Change Adaptation Report required by the Massachusetts General has also worked in the headquarters Office of Project Development and Law Chapter 21N, Chapter 298 of the Acts of 2008; the Global Warming Environmental Review and the Texas Division Office. Becky has a BA Solutions Act. Throughout his 19 year career at MassDOT he has worked in Economics from Cornell University and a Masters in Environmental closely with the US Department of Transportation, the Volpe National Management from Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment. Transportation Center, FHWA, the American Association of State High-

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way Transportation Officials, the Transportation Research Board of the Travis Sheehan National Academies, and state DOTs on various important environmen- Ecodistricts Energy Fellow, Boston Redevelopment Authority tal concerns. Steven participated in the Climate Adaptation and Transpor- tation, Identifying Information and Assistance Needs, Expert Workshop Travis Sheehan is the Ecodistricts Energy Fellow at the BRA. Mr. Sheehan in Washington, DC organized by the Center for Clean Air Policy, and manages the City’s strategic planning for local energy projects and market the Environmental and Energy Study Institute. Prior to joining MassDOT, transformation. Before joining the BRA, Travis founded Gridling Global, he worked as an Environmental Consultant for 10 years focusing on the a consultancy that provides urban development strategy specializing in assessment and remediation of soil and groundwater contamination for clean energy deployment with projects in New York and India. Travis the US Superfund program, and helping clients navigate through the Mas- graduated with dual-master’s degrees from MIT where he developed de- sachusetts Contingency Plan relative to release of oil and hazardous mate- cision making tools for technology cluster developments based on green rials. Steven holds a B.S. in Geology from Northeastern University. infrastructure pricing and benefits.

Jim Newman Cliff Sinnott Principal, Linnean Solutions Executive Director, Rockingham Planning Commission Mr. Newman is a founder and principal of Linnean Solutions, which pro- Cliff Sinnott is the Executive Director of the Rockingham Planning Com- vides environmental planning services and tracks energy, environmental, mission, a regional planning commission and MPO which serves 26 mu- and community impacts for companies, non-profit, and governmental or- nicipalities in southeastern New Hampshire, including its the coastal ganizations. Mr. Newman has over 20 years of experience in the presen- communities. He has thirty years’ experience as a land use planner, and tation of complex information for decision-makers at Linnean, and before twenty-six of those as head of the agency. Mr. Sinnott presently serves as that, as Director of Strategy and Business Development at BuildingGreen, the Chair of the New Hampshire Coastal Risk and Hazards Commission LLC, publishers of Environmental Building News. Mr. Newman lead re- established by the NH Legislature in 2013 to develop guidance and rec- search and production of the Cost of LEED report for BuildingGreen and ommendations for the state and municipalities to prepare for sea level rise was the project manager for the EPA-funded Green Guideline Specifica- and other flood related risks associated with climate change. tions project. Mr. Newman’s project experience includes energy audits for the Boston Architectural College as part of creating their Climate Action Dr. Sarah Slaughter Plan, comprehensive environmental auditing for several other educational President and Founder, Built Environment Coalition institutions, and managing the Atrium School renovation for the client. Dr. Sarah Slaughter is President and founder of the Built Environment Related Qualifications: Environmental Analysis and Reporting BSAD, MIT; Coalition, a research and education nonprofit (501c3) organization. Dr. MS Management Science, Lehigh University; Project Management Train- Slaughter is currently a member of the National Academy of Construc- ing; Pragmatic Management of LEED AP O+M; USGBC and USGBC MA tion, and an Associate Member of the National Academy of Sciences. She (Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors) for 22 years. was previously on the National Research Council Board on Infrastructure Dr. Robert Roseen and the Constructed Environment (BICE), the National Academies DOD Standing Committee on Materials, Manufacturing, and Infrastructure, and Associate, Geosyntec Consultants the Vice Chair of the NRC Committee on Sustainable Critical Infrastruc- Dr. Roseen, Associate at Geosyntec Consultants of Portsmouth, NH, has ture Systems. She received her PhD, MS, and Bachelors of Science de- substantial experience with the implementation of stormwater manage- grees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ment and green infrastructure including design, costing, installation, con- struction oversight and inspection. He was the Director of the UNHSC Alex Wilson from 2004-2012. Dr. Roseen has conducted numerous studies examining Founder, BuildingGreen Inc. and President, Resilient Design Institute the flooding impacts of both land use and climate change and the role In addition to creating the Resilient Design Institute, Alex is the founder of of green infrastructure in building community resiliency. His area of ex- BuildingGreen, Inc. in Brattleboro, Vermont, an 18-person company that pertise is broadly in water resources engineering, land use and pollutant has served the design and construction industry with non-biased informa- loading assessment, stormwater management, green infrastructure and tion on environmentally responsible design and construction since 1985. LID design, gravel wetlands, porous pavements, nutrient studies, BMP He is author of Your Green Home (2006), and co-author of Green De- testing and optimization, hydrology and hydraulics evaluations, stream velopment: Integrating Ecology and Real Estate (1998), and the Consumer restoration and enhancement alternatives, dam removal assessment, Guide to Home Energy Savings (1990, 9th edition, 2007). groundwater investigations, nutrient and TMDL studies, remote sensing, and GIS applications. Dr. Roseen has participated in many significant and award winning green infrastructure projects. He has a Ph.D., Civil- Water Resources Engineering from the University of New Hampshire and M.S., Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines.

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SESSIONS (continued) manager/consultant for the City of Lebanon in New Hampshire, project manager of the Total Environmental Action Foundation in Keene, New Hampshire and town engineer for the Town of Swansea in Massachusetts. Community Engagement and Communications David M. Kutner, PP, AICP Recovery Planning Manager, New Jersey Future Melanie Army David manages New Jersey Future’s Local Recovery Planning Manager Supervising Planner, Rhode Island Division of Planning program, which provides direct, long-term assistance to municipalities Melanie Jewett Army, AICP is the Supervising Planner for RhodeMap RI seeking to rebuild from the devastating damage of Hurricane Sandy. Da- at the State of Rhode Island’s Division of Planning. RhodeMap RI is a $2.4 vid is a licensed professional planner with over 25 years of land use and million dollar Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant responsi- environmental planning experience. He has worked as a planning consul- ble for the creation of a new state Housing Plan, Economic Development tant and held positions in local, county, and state planning agencies in New Plan, Growth Centers Strategy and Implementation Plan as well as the Jersey, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and Florida. David’s work improvement of social equity outcomes in planning and the development has included master planning; community design; neighborhood planning; of performance measures, technical assistance and capacity building ef- downtown redevelopment planning; economic development; natural re- forts for local and state agencies. Melanie holds Bachelor degrees in Envi- source protection and open space/recreation planning. He has extensive ronmental Management and Marine Affairs from the University of Rhode experience in project management and facilitation specializing in citizen Island and a Master of Regional Planning degree from the University of participation, community interaction and project negotiation. Massachusetts at Amherst. Paul Markowitz Christa Daniels, AICP Community Energy Program Manager, Efficiency Vermont Faculty and Doctoral Fellow, Antioch University New England Paul Markowitz is Community Energy Program Manager with Efficiency Christa Daniels (Koehler), AICP is a community planner that specializes Vermont where he promotes partnerships with non-profit organizations, in resiliency and sustainability planning. Mrs. Daniels has facilitated inno- businesses, and municipalities to implement community-based energy vative participatory stakeholder engagement strategies with communities efficiency programs. Paul has 32 years experience in energy and environ- such as Pittsburgh PA, the Greater Portland Council of Governments, mental project management, community planning, leadership training, and Monadnock region in New Hampshire, NY Department of Conservation, facilitation in non-profit institutions, state government, and academia. He Maplewood NJ, and Bridgeport CT. Christa earned her B.A. in Political has managed local environmental action programs in Central and Eastern Science at Pace University is currently enrolled in the Environmental Stud- Europe, directed state recycling programs, taught university courses on ies doctoral program at Antioch University New England. Christa’s past energy and solid waste policy, and promoted least-cost electrical planning. experience includes working for the United Nations, NH Department of He has an MS in Resource Economics from the University of Vermont. Environmental Services and as a city planner for Keene, NH. Christa is also an adjunct faculty member at Antioch University New England. Lee Matsueda Political Director, Alternatives for Community and Environment Dr. James Gruber Lee Matsueda, Political Director at Alternatives for Community and En- Faculty, Department of Environmental Studies, Antioch University vironment (ACE), joined the staff in October 2005, after serving as an New England organizer with the T Riders Union (TRU) program at ACE and then the Jim Gruber is a Core faculty member in the Department of Environmen- program director for TRU. Lee is a graduate of Brandeis University and tal Studies at AUNE. He is also currently the Director of the Resource attended the Environmental Studies Advocacy and Organizing Program at Management Conservation program and Sustainable Development con- Antioch University New England. Previous to ACE, Lee was a community centration. Outside of the university, Jim Gruber is a professional civil organizer for nearly three years with the Greater Four Corners Action engineer in the state of New Hampshire. Prior to coming to AUNE, Jim Coalition (GFCAC) in Dorchester. While at the GFCAC, his efforts includ- received his BS from San Diego State University, his MS from the Mas- ed campaign work to gain access to rapid transit along the Fairmount line sachusetts Institute of Technology, his MPA from the Kennedy School of commuter rail corridor, and Boston Schoolyard Initiative projects at the Government at Harvard University and his PhD from the University of Sara Greenwood K-8 Middle School and the former William E. Endicott Zagreb. His prior experiences include: executive director of the Greater Elementary School. Alternatives for Community and Environment (ACE), Upper Valley Solid Waste Management District in Vermont, acting town builds the power of communities of color and low-income communities manager and assistant town manager of Hartford, Vermont, assistant city in Massachusetts to eradicate environmental racism and classism, create healthy, sustainable communities, and achieve environmental justice.

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Ginny McGinn Sarika Tandon Executive Director, Center for Whole Communities Senior Program Associate, Center for Whole Communities Ginny McGinn is executive director of Center for Whole Communities, Sarika Tandon is a Climate Adaptation and Equity Consultant for the Cen- a transformative change organization that fosters inclusive communities ter for Whole Communities. She recently completed a Master’s Project that are strongly rooted in place and where all people – regardless of monograph entitled “Race, Vulnerability, and Differential Impacts: Pri- income, race, or background – have access to and a healthy relationship oritizing Social Justice in Climate Change Adaptation.” Previously, Sarika with the natural world. Throughout her career, Ginny has been deeply worked for the Institute for Sustainable Communities on the Resilient involved in the work of social and organizational change and in build- Vermont project, a multi-stakeholder disaster management and climate ing partnerships across lines of power and privilege. Previously, Ginny adaptation planning process. She has also worked with the Vermont Nat- helped to grow and ultimately served as president of Bioneers, a nation- ural Resources Council on the development of a community resilience al nonprofit dedicated to disseminating practical and visionary solutions assessment tool. She holds a Master’s Degree in Environmental Studies for restoring Earth’s ecosystems and healing human communities. Ginny from Antioch University New England. facilitates workshops and offers consulting on organizational change and cultural competency around the country, using the many tools she has Veda Truesdale helped develop at Whole Communities. Senior Research Specialist, Rutgers University Cara Pike Ms. Truesdale has worked on land-use planning and climate change is- sues at the state and local level. Prior to joining the Center she worked Founder and Director, Climate Access and the Social Capital Project for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection where her Cara Pike is the founder and director of the nonprofit Climate Access, a work included climate change mitigation and adaption planning, smart network for leaders engaging the public in the transformation to low-car- growth, public access planning, and sustainable land-use research. Her bon resilient communities; and the Social Capital Project, an environmen- professional experience also includes working for the New York City tal communication-consulting firm. Her work includes creation of the Department of Environmental Protection and in the nonprofit sector. Ecological Roadmap, a values-based approach to building support for en- Veda received a BA in Geography from Vassar College and a Master of vironmental protection; Climate Communications Behavior Change – A Environmental Management degree from the Yale School of Forestry Guide for Practitioners, and other widely used publications and toolkits. and Environmental Studies Cara regularly advises government agencies and nonprofit organizations including the Obama Administration, the state of Oregon, British Colum- Angela Vincent bia’s Ministry of the Environment, the city of Seattle, World Wildlife Fund, Sustainability Project Manager, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. Union of Concerned Scientists, Tides Canada and others. Ms. Pike has a Masters of Science in Environmental Communications from California Angela is a Sustainability Project Manager for VHB, Inc. based in Wa- State University-Fullerton and a Bachelor of Arts in Film and Communi- tertown, MA. In this role, Angela works with over 60 communities, pri- cations and Environmental Science from McGill University. marily in New York and Massachusetts, to support and advance their climate protection and sustainability efforts. Angela is working with the Robin Schell Climate Smart Communities program to provide technical assistance such as trainings, resource guides, in-person guidance, and webinars to local Senior Counsel, Jackson Jackson and Wagner governments in the Capital District and Mid-Hudson Region. In Massa- Robin Schell, APR, Fellow PRSA, is senior counsel at Jackson Jackson and chusetts she is coordinating the public outreach for and development of Wagner and has been with the firm since 1986. She has over 20 years of the Greenfield Sustainable Master Plan in Greenfield, MA. As a volunteer, public relations consulting experience and specializes in strategic planning, Angela is the Chair of the Lowell Green Restaurant Certification Pro- effective internal and external communication, development of constitu- gram, which she helped to create in 2011 and is a Board Member for the ency relations programs and opinion leader identification programs. She American Planning Association. also serves as a Research Director of Dudley Research, the firm’s re- search subsidiary.

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Agenda Wednesday, May 21, 2014

7:30-8:25 a.m. Registration, Continental Breakfast, Exhibits and Networking All activities, with the exception of the Workshops, take place in the Amory.

8:30-8:40 a.m. Welcome: Jimmy Karlan Topic: Educators Summit Goals

8:40-8:45 a.m. Special Guest: Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin Topic: Opening Remarks and Introducing Lachlan Francis (pre-recorded video)

8:45-8:55 a.m. Keynote Speaker: Lachlan Francis Topic: Students as Citizen Scientists, A Student’s Perspective

9-10 a.m. Plenary 1 Setting the Stage – Lessons from School – Community Partnerships Moderator: David Sobel Panel Members: Rhett Lamb, City Planner; Catherine Weaver, Landscape Architect; Eric Magers, Teacher; Samuel Koufman, Student

10-10:10 a.m. Break/Exhibits/Networking

10:15-11:15 a.m. Workshop Session 1

Track 1 Track 2 Track 3, Workshop 1 Track 3, Workshop 2 Successful School – Vulnerability Assessment Low Impact Forest and Recreation Community Partnerships and Risk Management Development Resources Presenter: Presenter: Liz Duff Presenters: Presenter: Ruth Kermish-Allen Mohamad Musavi, PhD Martha Carlson and Cary James Curriers Room Hawthorne Room Dartmouth Room Frost Room

30 Educators Summit All activities, with the exception of the Workshops, take place in the Amory.

11:20 a .m.- Plenary 2 12:05 p.m. How STEM, The Common Core, and Next Generation Science Support Students as Citizen Scientists Moderator: Ruth Kermish-Allen Panel Members: Laurel Kohl, Education and Training Energy Specialist; Mohamad Musavi, PhD, Associate Dean Engineering University of Maine; Tamara Shapiro Ledley, PhD, Senior Scientist and Chair of the Center for Science Teaching and Learning at TERC

12:05-12:35 p.m. Lunch/Exhibits/Networking

12:40-1:20 p.m. Keynote Speaker: David Sobel Topic: Global Climate Change Meets Ecophobia

1:30-2:30 p.m. Workshop Session 2

Track 1 Track 2 Track 3, Workshop 1 Track 3, Workshop 2 Successful School – Facilitation and Food and Water Wildlife and Fishery Community Partnerships Community Engagement Security Resources Presenters: Brian Stilwell Techniques Presenter: Tom Sabo Presenter: Judy Tumosa and Alan Palm Presenter: Robin Organ Curriers Room Hawthorne Room Dartmouth Room Frost Room

2:30-2:40 p.m. Break/Exhibits/Networking

2:45-3:30 p.m. Round-Table Discussions Student Round-Table Facilitators: Lachlan Francis and Tasha Statz-Geary Teacher Round-Table Facilitator: Tom Sabo Student, Teacher and Community Leader Round Table Facilitator: Tamara Shapiro Ledley

3:30-3:45 p.m. Round-table Discussions: Reporting Out

3:45-3:55 p.m. Break/Exhibits/Networking

Closing Inspirations and What Next?

4-4:15 p.m. Keynote Speaker: Bill McKibben Topic: The Value of Involving Youth in Local Climate Preparedness Projects (via live video feed)

4:15-4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks: Envisioning the Future Speakers: Michael Simpson and Jimmy Karlan

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Wednesday, May 21

8:30-8:40 AM Track 2: Vulnerability Assessment and Risk Welcome Management Jimmy Karlan, EdD, Director of the Educators Summit and Antioch How can students help their communities study systems’ responses University’s Director of Science Teacher Certification in the Department to change and assist in risk management projects? of Environmental Studies Presenters: Lindsey Duff, Green Scholars student 8:40-8:45 AM Liz Duff, Education Coordinator, Massachusetts Audubon’s Special Guest Salt Marsh Science Project Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin Track 3, Workshop 1: Low Impact Development Opening Remarks and Introducing How can students be involved with low impact development Lachlan Francis (pre-recorded video) projects to reduce risks to storm water events? Presenters: 8:45-8:55 AM Mohamad Musavi, PhD, Associate Dean of Engineering, Keynote Speaker University of Maine Lachlan Francis Carey James, Chemistry Teacher, Bangor High School Students as Citizen Scientists, Track 3, Workshop 2: Forest and Recreation A Student’s Perspective 9-10 am Resources Plenary 1: How can students be involved with forest and recreation resource Setting the Stage, Lessons from projects associated with climate change and severe weather events? Presenter: School-Community Partnerships Martha Carlson, Ph.D., Director of Climate Change in the School Yard, A city planner, school teacher, student and community leader will Project Maple Watch 11:20am-12:05pm set the stage for thinking about how to create and maintain effective community partnerships. Plenary 2: Moderator: David Sobel Citizen Scientists Meet the Standards, How STEM, Presenters: The Common Core, and Next Generation Science Rhett Lamb, City Planner Support Students as Citizen Scientists Catherine Weaver, Landscape Architect Experts on STEM, The Common Core and Next Generation Eric Magers, Teacher Science will share why they think students acting as citizen scientists Samuel Koufman, Student in partnership with organizations working on climate change preparedness projects are aligned with the standards. 10:15–11:15 AM Moderator: Ruth Kermish-Allen Workshop Session 1 Presenters: Track 1: Successful School-Community Partnerships Laurel L. Kohl, Education, and Training Energy Specialist Eastern Connecticut State University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy What can we learn from an exemplary school-community Mohamad Musavi, PhD, Associate Dean of Engineering University partnership that involves climate change preparedness? of Maine, Senior Project Manager of the Storm Water Project Presenter: Tamara Shapiro Ledley, PhD, Senior Scientist and Chair of the Ruth Kermish-Allen, Education Director of the Island Institute Center for Science Teaching and Learning at TERC

32 12:10-12:40 PM 2:45-3:30 PM Lunch (Armory) Round-Table Discussions This is an opportunity to select a round-table discussion of 12:40-1:20 PM your choice: Keynote Speaker Student Round-Table David Sobel What preparedness actions have you taken and what do you want Global Climate Change Meets to accomplish next year? How might you network? Ecophobia Co-facilitators: Lachalin Francis, Co-Vice Chair, VT Board of Education 1:30-2:30 PM Tasha Statz-Geary, Young Women in Climate Change

Workshop Session 2 Teacher Round-Table Track 1: Successful School-Community Partnerships What have you been doing? What are you planning on doing? What can we learn from an exemplary school-community What might you want to collaborate on? partnership that involves climate change preparedness? Facilitator: Presenters: Tom Sabo, Montpelier High School Science Teacher and Executive Brian Stilwell and Alan Palm, Alliance for Climate Education Director of the Center for Sustainable Systems Track 2: Facilitation and Community Students, Teachers and Community Leaders Engagement Techniques Round-Table What techniques can students use to be effective facilitators and What are the take home lessons from those who have participated engage their communities? and want to participate in school-community partnerships involving Presenter: students as citizen scientists? Robin Organ, Founder and Executive Director of Green Schools Facilitator: Tamara Shapiro Ledley, PhD, Senior Scientist and chair of the Track 3, Workshop 1: Food and Water Security Center for Science Teaching and Learning at TERC How can students help secure safe food and water? 3:30-3:45PM Presenter: Tom Sabo, Executive Director, Center for Sustainable Systems and Roundtable Discussions: Reporting Out High School Science Teacher Facilitators for each group will highlight their discussions and take home messages. Track 3, Workshop 2: Wildlife and Fishery Resources 4-4:15 PM How can students be involved with wildlife and fishery resource projects? Keynote Speaker: Presenter: Bill McKibben Judy Tumosa, New Hampshire Fish and Game Aquatic Resources Educator The Value of Involving Youth in Local Climate Preparedness Projects Bill McKibben will speak a via live videoconference call. 4:15-4:30 PM Envisioning the Future: Closing Remarks Michael Simpson, Conference Chair and Chair of Antioch University’s Department of Environmental Studies Jimmy Karlan, Director of the Educators Summit and Director of Antioch University’s Science Teacher Certification in the Department of Environmental Studies

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Special Guest Governor of Vermont, Martha Carlson, PhD Peter Shumlin Martha coordinates Forest Watch, a University of New Hampshire Joining via pre-recorded video. program involving middle and high school students in authentic sci- entific research. Climate Change in the School Yard involves students in learning about climate change from sugar maples. She was founder Keynotes (in order of appearance) and head of Sandwich Community School, a college preparatory high Lachlan Francis school serving rural day students in north-central New Hampshire. She and her team of founding teachers developed a unique place- Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin named based, inquiry-driven program. 17 year-old Lachlan Francis to the Vermont Board of Education as a student repre- Lindsey Duff sentative. Now in his second term and a Lindsey Duff is a senior at Manchester Essex Regional High School. She is high school senior at Brattleboro Union the niece of co-presenter Liz Duff with whom she has worked on several High School in Brattleboro, VT, Lachlan is projects related to sea-level rise in her hometown, and has been involved Co-Vice Chair of the Vermont Board of Education. Lachlan is in the Green Scholars class run by Eric Magers. involved with a number of organizations in his community. Liz Duff David Sobel Liz is the Education Coordinator for Mass Audubon’s Salt March David is Professor of Child Development Science Project. She has engaged over 16600 students in authen- and Science Education at Antioch Universi- tic scientific investigations, studying the invasive reed Phragmites. ty New England. He was co-founder of the She partners with middle and high school students and teachers in Harrisville Children’s Center in Harrisville, environmental initiatives including the Perennial Pepperweed Con- trol Project and the Seeking Relief from Sea Level Rise: Student Map- New Hampshire, and has served as a publicly ping and Leadership Initiative. Duff received a Gulf of Maine Council elected school board member in both Nel- Visionary Award in 2009 and was named 2011 Massachusetts Marine Ed- son and Harrisville, New Hampshire. He serves as a staff devel- ucator of the Year. opment and science curriculum consultant to schools throughout the country and has been a guest speaker and workshop lead- Cary James er for a variety of school and environmental organizations. He serves on the editorial board of the Holistic Education Review, is Cary is the Science, Technology, and Engineering department head at author of Place-based Education: Connecting Classrooms and Com- Bangor High School in Bangor, Maine. He has received numerous teach- munities, and many articles on children and nature. David is an ad- ing awards including the 2009 Siemens Award for Advanced Placement vocate for service projects within the school system and believes Teacher of the Year for Maine, Pulp and Paper Foundation Maine Teacher that schools should be a place for developing the skills of civic Award 2009, New England Institute of Chemistry Maine State Teacher participation. Award 2011. Cary has a passion for improving the quality of water for people in developing countries and focuses student research on water sanitation and conservation. Bill McKibben Bill McKibben is a Schumann Distin- Jimmy Karlan, Ed.D. guished Scholar at Middlebury College Jimmy is the Director of the Educators Summit and Antioch University’s and author of a dozen books. The End Director of Science Teacher Certification in the Department of Environ- of Nature (1989) is the first book for a mental Studies. Jimmy is an advocate of engaging students in real problem general audience on climate change. Time solving science that can help make the world a better place. magazine called him ‘the planet’s best green journalist’ and The Boston Globe Samuel Koufman said in 2010 that he was ‘probably the country’s most important Sam is Co-President of the Manchester Essex Green Team, a grade 6-12 environmentalist.’ Bill will present his inspirational remarks via program that supports students in pursuing their own individual sus- a live video conference call at the closing called, “The Value of tainable projects. Sam advises the elementary and middle school Green Involving Youth in Local Climate Preparedness Projects.”

34 Educators Summit Teams, is a student liaison for the Massachusetts Environmental Litera- ate greener and healthier learning environments through innovative en- cy Plan, and was recently awarded the Presidential Environmental Youth vironmental education, awareness, and action. Green Schools provide a Award. number of Environmental Education and STEM-based programs to schools and communities looking to develop the next generation of students and Ruth Kermish-Allen schools. Robin believes firmly that creating an environmentally literate cit- Ruth is the Education Director of the Island Institute. Her research is fo- izenry begins with educating our youth. Robin recently participated in cli- cused on defining research-based education models to promote a more mate solutions discussions with US Vice President Joe Biden and US Agri- sustainable society. Ruth is currently earning her PhD in Environmental culture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Robin has won numerous awards including Studies at Antioch University New England. Before joining the Island Insti- the 2008 Massachusetts Audubon’s Conservation Teacher Award and the tute in 2004, Ruth was a high school science and math teacher in North Massachusetts Teacher’s Association’s 2009 Outstanding Educator. Haven and in other coastal Maine schools. Tom Sabo Laurel Kohl Tom Sabo is an award-winning science teacher, leading sustainability edu- Laurel is an Education and Training Energy Specialist at Easter Connecti- cator, prominent food activist, and a chief architect of a model of service cut State University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy. She is Co-chair of learning that integrates curriculum through school greenhouses and gar- the Connecticut Green LEAF Schools Collaborative. Laurel is responsible dens. He is the founder and Executive Director of the Center for Sustain- for energy education-related projects at the Institute, including curriculum able Systems (CSS) where he offers workshops to help teachers design development and delivery, coordination of workshops, conferences, and relevant and rigorous food systems curricula. education outreach. Tamara Shapiro Ledley, PhD Rhett Lamb Tamara is a senior scientist and chair of the Center for Science Teaching Rhett Lamb has been the Planning Director for the City of Keene, New and Learning at TERC. Tamara led the development of the award winning Hampshire, since 1996. His planning tasks include developing comprehen- Earth Exploration Toolbook. She leads the development of the Climate sive plans, drafting zoning ordinances and subdivision/site plan regulations, Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN), a collection of rig- and reviewing development proposals. He is involved in the implementa- orously reviewed climate and energy educational resources, and chairs tion of management systems and computer mapping to support planning the CLEAN Network, a professionally diverse community of climate and functions and municipal decision-making. ICLEI – Local Governments for energy literacy stakeholders. Tamara also leads the earthlab project that Sustainability- USA recently gave a “Sustainability Leadership Award” to focuses on development of curriculum materials, teacher professional de- Keene for its integration of climate adaptation and climate mitigation into velopment programs, and science education research to support the ef- the city’s Community Vision and Comprehensive Plan. fective teaching and learning of climate science. She is the 2013 American Geophysical Union’s Excellence in Geophysical Education Awardee for her Eric Magers work in bringing earth science data and tools to teachers and students and for her leadership in climate literacy. Eric is the Director of the Green Team and Green Scholars Programs at Manchester Essex Regional School, which has won state, regional, and na- Brian Stilwell tional green school initiative awards. Founded by Eric in 2009, the Green Team’s goal is to identify and implement environmentally sustainable initia- Brian is an Associate Program Director for the Alliance for Climate Change tives. Green Scholars is an honors course offered by Eric that represents Education (ACE). David has has worked to promote sustainability through the district’s effort to integrate STEM content, 21st-century skills, environ- research, education and action at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Cor- mental literacy and service learning into a single program. In 2012, the Sci- nell University and the Sierra Club. With an unwavering belief in the power ence Department “adopted” the Green Team district-wide. Eric has been of youth to bring about positive change in the world, Brian can’t wait to see awarded ACE Teacher of the Year and the NE Environmental Education what future this generation is going to create! Alliance Formal Educator of the year. Judy Tumosa Mohamad Musavi, PhD Judy is the Watershed Education Specialist at the New Hampshire Fish Mohamad is Associate Dean of Engineering at the University of Maine and and Game Department. The watershed program works with schools and is Senior Project Manager of the Storm Water Project – a project involving community members to help them better manage their aquatic ecosys- young female and minority students as citizen scientists. He has been in- tems. She has been a wildlife and aquatic specialist and environmental edu- volved in development and research in the areas of neural networks, com- cator for many years, working for USDA, the Society for the Protection of puter vision and robotics. His specialties are in development of intelligent New Hampshire Forests, and the Trust for NH Lands as well as co-owning computer systems to automate industrial tasks for increased efficiency and a forestry and wildlife consultant firm with her husband. cost-effectiveness. Catherine Weaver Alan Palm Catherine is the principal at Tupelo Gardenworks Ltd. an award winning Alan is a lead educator for the Alliance for Climate Change Education small landscape architecture firm that services both private and public cli- (ACE), an educator, and writer. Alan co-founded BioTour, a sustainabili- ents. She is currently president of the Rhode Island Nursery and Land- ty education program operated from school buses converted to run on scape Association which has been involved with developing the Newport waste vegetable oil and solar energy. Resiliency Innovation Hub, as well as a green infrastructure initiative and workforce training program for climate change adaptation, resilience and Robin Organ sustainable economic growth. Catherine encourages the use of school landscapes to expand and support curriculum.rages the use of school land- Robin is the Founder and Executive Director of Green Schools, a multi- award-winning 501(c) 3, nonprofit organization, whose mission is to cre- scapes to expand and support curriculum.

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Ask us how Antioch University New We are the only master’s program in n Conduct a greenhouse gas inventory England’s concentration in Sustainable the U.S. that’s educating professionals for the city of Keene Development and Climate Change to tackle climate-change adaptation. n Research how agricultural manage- provides the skills to: Some of what they do: ment can reduce erosion and n Conduct vulnerability assessments n Conduct NOAA- and EPA-funded improve water quality in Rwanda. n Assess and communicate risk research across the country n Help churches in Massachusetts add n Integrate adaptation strategies into n Serve as the assistant secretary for solar power to their rooftops through existing planning processes climate change in the California private/public collaborations n n Develop monitoring approaches to Natural Resources Agency Facilitate multi-community, evaluate change n Help the elderly in urban areas de- climate-preparedness stakeholder processes in New England and the n velop resiliency in the face of climate Conduct cost analyses to support Midwest recommended changes change Find out more n Conduct stakeholder capacity- building processes to develop and www.antiochne.edu/climate-adaptation implement adaptation strategies

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